diff --git a/src/libraries/Common/src/Roslyn/SyntaxValueProvider_ForAttributeWithSimpleName.cs b/src/libraries/Common/src/Roslyn/SyntaxValueProvider_ForAttributeWithSimpleName.cs
index 53c718404b30d..f26f63b6b2d2d 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Common/src/Roslyn/SyntaxValueProvider_ForAttributeWithSimpleName.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Common/src/Roslyn/SyntaxValueProvider_ForAttributeWithSimpleName.cs
@@ -334,7 +334,16 @@ void processMember(
                         // For any other node, just keep recursing deeper to see if we can find an attribute. Note: we cannot
                         // terminate the search anywhere as attributes may be found on things like local functions, and that
                         // means having to dive deep into statements and expressions.
-                        foreach (var child in node.ChildNodesAndTokens().Reverse())
+                        var childNodesAndTokens = node.ChildNodesAndTokens();
+
+                        // Avoid performance issue in ChildSyntaxList when iterating the child list in reverse
+                        // (see https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/66475) by iterating forward first to
+                        // ensure child nodes are realized.
+                        foreach (var childNode in childNodesAndTokens)
+                        {
+                        }
+
+                        foreach (var child in childNodesAndTokens.Reverse())
                         {
                             if (child.IsNode)
                                 nodeStack.Append(child.AsNode()!);
diff --git a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions/tests/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Generators.Tests/LoggerMessageGeneratorParserTests.cs b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions/tests/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Generators.Tests/LoggerMessageGeneratorParserTests.cs
index 9d80c884bf2fa..462111ad00c37 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions/tests/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Generators.Tests/LoggerMessageGeneratorParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions/tests/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Generators.Tests/LoggerMessageGeneratorParserTests.cs
@@ -877,6 +877,40 @@ partial class C
             Assert.Empty(diagnostics);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public static void SyntaxListWithManyItems()
+        {
+            const int nItems = 200000;
+            var builder = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
+            builder.AppendLine(
+                """
+                using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+                class Program
+                {
+                    [LoggerMessage(EventId = 1, Level = LogLevel.Debug, Message = "M1")]
+                    static partial void M1(ILogger logger)
+                    {
+                """);
+            builder.AppendLine("    int[] values = new[] { ");
+            for (int i = 0; i < nItems; i++)
+            {
+                builder.Append("0, ");
+            }
+            builder.AppendLine("};");
+            builder.AppendLine("}");
+            builder.AppendLine("}");
+
+            string source = builder.ToString();
+            Compilation compilation = CompilationHelper.CreateCompilation(source);
+            LoggerMessageGenerator generator = new LoggerMessageGenerator();
+
+            (ImmutableArray<Diagnostic> diagnostics, _) =
+                RoslynTestUtils.RunGenerator(compilation, generator);
+
+            Assert.Single(diagnostics);
+            Assert.Equal(DiagnosticDescriptors.LoggingMethodHasBody.Id, diagnostics[0].Id);
+        }
+
         private static async Task<IReadOnlyList<Diagnostic>> RunGenerator(
             string code,
             bool wrap = true,