diff --git a/make/langtools/src/classes/build/tools/symbolgenerator/CreateSymbols.java b/make/langtools/src/classes/build/tools/symbolgenerator/CreateSymbols.java
index a88eabe01b2..039c531301f 100644
--- a/make/langtools/src/classes/build/tools/symbolgenerator/CreateSymbols.java
+++ b/make/langtools/src/classes/build/tools/symbolgenerator/CreateSymbols.java
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ public class CreateSymbols {
             "Ljdk/internal/javac/PreviewFeature;";
     private static final String PREVIEW_FEATURE_ANNOTATION_INTERNAL =
             "Ljdk/internal/PreviewFeature+Annotation;";
+    private static final String RESTRICTED_ANNOTATION =
+            "Ljdk/internal/javac/Restricted;";
+    private static final String RESTRICTED_ANNOTATION_INTERNAL =
+            "Ljdk/internal/javac/Restricted+Annotation;";
     private static final String VALUE_BASED_ANNOTATION =
             "Ljdk/internal/ValueBased;";
     private static final String VALUE_BASED_ANNOTATION_INTERNAL =
@@ -349,7 +353,8 @@ public class CreateSymbols {
                     "Lsun/Proprietary+Annotation;",
                     PREVIEW_FEATURE_ANNOTATION_OLD,
                     PREVIEW_FEATURE_ANNOTATION_NEW,
-                    VALUE_BASED_ANNOTATION));
+                    VALUE_BASED_ANNOTATION,
+                    RESTRICTED_ANNOTATION));
 
     private void stripNonExistentAnnotations(LoadDescriptions data) {
         Set<String> allClasses = data.classes.name2Class.keySet();
@@ -1247,6 +1252,12 @@ public class CreateSymbols {
             annotationType = VALUE_BASED_ANNOTATION_INTERNAL;
         }
 
+        if (RESTRICTED_ANNOTATION.equals(annotationType)) {
+            //the non-public Restricted annotation will not be available in ct.sym,
+            //replace with purely synthetic javac-internal annotation:
+            annotationType = RESTRICTED_ANNOTATION_INTERNAL;
+        }
+
         return new Annotation(null,
                               addString(constantPool, annotationType),
                               createElementPairs(constantPool, values));
diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symtab.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symtab.java
index 17173e480f1..4e62828c426 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symtab.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symtab.java
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ public class Symtab {
     public final Type previewFeatureType;
     public final Type previewFeatureInternalType;
     public final Type restrictedType;
+    public final Type restrictedInternalType;
     public final Type typeDescriptorType;
     public final Type recordType;
     public final Type switchBootstrapsType;
@@ -609,6 +610,7 @@ public class Symtab {
         previewFeatureType = enterClass("jdk.internal.javac.PreviewFeature");
         previewFeatureInternalType = enterSyntheticAnnotation("jdk.internal.PreviewFeature+Annotation");
         restrictedType = enterClass("jdk.internal.javac.Restricted");
+        restrictedInternalType = enterSyntheticAnnotation("jdk.internal.javac.Restricted+Annotation");
         typeDescriptorType = enterClass("java.lang.invoke.TypeDescriptor");
         recordType = enterClass("java.lang.Record");
         switchBootstrapsType = enterClass("java.lang.runtime.SwitchBootstraps");
diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
index 22b21b86b9b..dba5fb6a197 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ public class ClassReader {
             } else if (proxy.type.tsym.flatName() == syms.valueBasedInternalType.tsym.flatName()) {
                 Assert.check(sym.kind == TYP);
                 sym.flags_field |= VALUE_BASED;
-            } else if (proxy.type.tsym.flatName() == syms.restrictedType.tsym.flatName()) {
+            } else if (proxy.type.tsym.flatName() == syms.restrictedInternalType.tsym.flatName()) {
                 Assert.check(sym.kind == MTH);
                 sym.flags_field |= RESTRICTED;
             } else {
diff --git a/test/langtools/tools/javac/RestrictedMethods.java b/test/langtools/tools/javac/RestrictedMethods.java
index 3f79860add5..d6973f456ca 100644
--- a/test/langtools/tools/javac/RestrictedMethods.java
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/javac/RestrictedMethods.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * @bug 8316971
  * @summary Smoke test for restricted method call warnings
  * @compile/fail/ref=RestrictedMethods.out -Xlint:restricted -Werror -XDrawDiagnostics RestrictedMethods.java
+ * @compile/fail/ref=RestrictedMethods.out --release ${jdk.version} -Xlint:restricted -Werror -XDrawDiagnostics RestrictedMethods.java
  * @compile -Werror RestrictedMethods.java
  */
 
diff --git a/test/langtools/tools/javac/RestrictedMethods.out b/test/langtools/tools/javac/RestrictedMethods.out
index e6ef28a68ca..3d0e423e359 100644
--- a/test/langtools/tools/javac/RestrictedMethods.out
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/javac/RestrictedMethods.out
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-RestrictedMethods.java:14:44: compiler.warn.restricted.method: java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment, reinterpret(long)
-RestrictedMethods.java:18:49: compiler.warn.restricted.method: java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment, reinterpret(long)
-RestrictedMethods.java:24:27: compiler.warn.restricted.method: java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment, reinterpret(long)
-RestrictedMethods.java:33:16: compiler.warn.restricted.method: java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment, reinterpret(long)
+RestrictedMethods.java:15:44: compiler.warn.restricted.method: java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment, reinterpret(long)
+RestrictedMethods.java:19:49: compiler.warn.restricted.method: java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment, reinterpret(long)
+RestrictedMethods.java:25:27: compiler.warn.restricted.method: java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment, reinterpret(long)
+RestrictedMethods.java:34:16: compiler.warn.restricted.method: java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment, reinterpret(long)
 - compiler.err.warnings.and.werror
 1 error
 4 warnings