diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jni.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jni.cpp
index 33dcfb6c3fe..b6a4443a8c7 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jni.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jni.cpp
@@ -930,6 +930,11 @@ static void jni_invoke_nonstatic(JNIEnv *env, JavaValue* result, jobject receive
     }
   }
 
+  if (selected_method->is_abstract()) {
+    ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
+    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_AbstractMethodError(), selected_method->name()->as_C_string());
+  }
+
   methodHandle method(THREAD, selected_method);
 
   // Create object to hold arguments for the JavaCall, and associate it with
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/jni/abstractMethod/AbstractMethodClass.jasm b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/jni/abstractMethod/AbstractMethodClass.jasm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24c53f2032d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/jni/abstractMethod/AbstractMethodClass.jasm
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+/*
+ *  This is a non-abstract class with an abstract method.
+ *
+ */
+super public class AbstractMethodClass
+      extends java/lang/Object
+              version 51:0  // Java 7 version
+{
+
+    public Method "<init>":"()V"
+       stack 1 locals 1
+    {
+        aload_0;
+        invokespecial Method java/lang/Object."<init>":"()V";
+        return;
+    }
+
+    public abstract Method "abstractM":"()V";
+
+}
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/jni/abstractMethod/TestJNIAbstractMethod.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/jni/abstractMethod/TestJNIAbstractMethod.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2384f6d5aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/jni/abstractMethod/TestJNIAbstractMethod.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8323243
+ * @summary Test that invocation of an abstract method from JNI works correctly
+ * @compile AbstractMethodClass.jasm
+ * @run main/othervm/native TestJNIAbstractMethod
+ */
+
+/**
+ * We are testing invocation of an abstract method from JNI - which should
+ * simply result in throwning AbstractMethodError. To invoke an abstract method
+ * we must have an instance method (as abstract static methods are illegal),
+ * but instantiating an abstract class is also illegal at the Java language
+ * level, so we have to use a custom jasm class that contains an abstract method
+ * declaration, but which is not itself declared as an abstract class.
+ */
+public class TestJNIAbstractMethod {
+
+    // Invokes an abstract method from JNI and throws AbstractMethodError.
+    private static native void invokeAbstractM(Class<?> AMclass,
+                                               AbstractMethodClass receiver);
+
+    static {
+        System.loadLibrary("JNIAbstractMethod");
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        AbstractMethodClass obj = new AbstractMethodClass();
+        try {
+            System.out.println("Attempting direct invocation via Java");
+            obj.abstractM();
+            throw new RuntimeException("Did not get AbstractMethodError from Java!");
+        } catch (AbstractMethodError expected) {
+            System.out.println("ok - got expected exception: " + expected);
+        }
+        try {
+            System.out.println("Attempting direct invocation via JNI");
+            invokeAbstractM(obj.getClass(), obj);
+            throw new RuntimeException("Did not get AbstractMethodError from JNI!");
+        } catch (AbstractMethodError expected) {
+            System.out.println("ok - got expected exception: " + expected);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/jni/abstractMethod/libJNIAbstractMethod.c b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/jni/abstractMethod/libJNIAbstractMethod.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35a28f7029a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/jni/abstractMethod/libJNIAbstractMethod.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+#include <jni.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_TestJNIAbstractMethod_invokeAbstractM(JNIEnv* env,
+                                                                  jclass this_cls,
+                                                                  jclass target_cls,
+                                                                  jobject receiver) {
+
+  jmethodID mid = (*env)->GetMethodID(env, target_cls, "abstractM", "()V");
+  if (mid == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error looking up method abstractM\n");
+    (*env)->ExceptionDescribe(env);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  printf("Invoking abstract method ...\n");
+  (*env)->CallVoidMethod(env, receiver, mid);  // Should raise exception
+
+}