diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/TestDwarf.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/TestDwarf.java
index 00b5becdbfa..805df110e9d 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/TestDwarf.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/TestDwarf.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -113,8 +113,14 @@ public class TestDwarf {
                         new DwarfConstraint(0, "foo", "libTestDwarf.c", 42),
                         new DwarfConstraint(1, "Java_TestDwarf_crashNativeMultipleMethods", "libTestDwarf.c", 70));
         }
-        runAndCheck(new Flags(TestDwarf.class.getCanonicalName(), "nativeDereferenceNull"),
-                    new DwarfConstraint(0, "dereference_null", "libTestDwarfHelper.h", 46));
+        // Null pointer dereferences exhibit different behaviour depending on if GCC or Clang is used.
+        // When using GCC, the VM will crash gracefully and generate a hs_err which can be parsed.
+        // On the contrary, with Clang the process exits immediately without hs_err.
+        // Since runAndCheck needs an hs_err file, we have to skip this subtest.
+        if (!isUsingClang()) {
+            runAndCheck(new Flags(TestDwarf.class.getCanonicalName(), "nativeDereferenceNull"),
+                        new DwarfConstraint(0, "dereference_null", "libTestDwarfHelper.h", 46));
+        }
     }
 
     // A full pattern could check for lines like:
@@ -240,6 +246,7 @@ public class TestDwarf {
     private static native void crashNativeDivByZero();
     private static native void crashNativeDereferenceNull();
     private static native void crashNativeMultipleMethods(int x);
+    private static native boolean isUsingClang();
 }
 
 class UnsupportedDwarfVersionException extends RuntimeException { }
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/libTestDwarf.c b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/libTestDwarf.c
index 616a6f07d12..6d2051d2126 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/libTestDwarf.c
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/libTestDwarf.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ int zero = 0;
 int result = 0;
 int limit = 20;
 
-// Just big enough by doing some random things such that it is not inlined.
-void foo(int x) {
+// Explicitly don't inline: foo is large enough that GCC won't inline it, but Clang might.
+__attribute__((noinline)) void foo(int x) {
     printf("foo3:");
     printf(" %d\n", x);
     for (int i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
@@ -76,3 +76,12 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_TestDwarf_crashNativeMultipleMethods(JNIEnv* env, jc
   }
 }
 
+// Need to tell if Clang was used to build libTestDwarf.
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_TestDwarf_isUsingClang(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj) {
+#if defined(__clang__)
+    return JNI_TRUE;
+#else
+    return JNI_FALSE;
+#endif
+}
+
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/libTestDwarfHelper.h b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/libTestDwarfHelper.h
index 1da05c1c3d3..bca362ccd65 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/libTestDwarfHelper.h
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/ErrorHandling/libTestDwarfHelper.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void unused4() {
 void unused5() {
 }
 
-EXPORT void dereference_null() {
+__attribute__((noinline)) EXPORT void dereference_null() {
   int* x = (int*)0;
   *x = 34; // Crash
 }