diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java
index 692ccefa69e..27d6e73fa45 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java
@@ -2358,8 +2358,9 @@ public class Resolve {
                 bestSoFar != sym) {
                 return new AmbiguityError(bestSoFar, sym);
             } else if (env.toplevel.namedImportScope == scope &&
-                    (sym == typeNotFound || (sym.kind == ERR && s.kind == ERR))) {
-                bestSoFar = bestOf(bestSoFar, new UnresolvableGobalSymbolError(s));
+                    ((sym == typeNotFound && s.kind.matches(KindSelector.TYP)) ||
+                    (sym.kind == ERR && s.kind == ERR))) {
+                bestSoFar = bestOf(bestSoFar, new UnresolvableGlobalSymbolError(s));
             } else
                 bestSoFar = bestOf(bestSoFar, sym);
         }
@@ -4157,9 +4158,9 @@ public class Resolve {
                 List<Type> typeargtypes);
     }
 
-    class UnresolvableGobalSymbolError extends InvalidSymbolError {
+    class UnresolvableGlobalSymbolError extends InvalidSymbolError {
 
-        UnresolvableGobalSymbolError(Symbol sym) {
+        UnresolvableGlobalSymbolError(Symbol sym) {
             super(HIDDEN, sym, "unresolvable class error");
             this.name = sym.name;
         }
diff --git a/test/langtools/tools/javac/recovery/AttrRecovery.java b/test/langtools/tools/javac/recovery/AttrRecovery.java
index bd74eb6c3f0..64aaad2a184 100644
--- a/test/langtools/tools/javac/recovery/AttrRecovery.java
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/javac/recovery/AttrRecovery.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /*
  * @test
- * @bug 8301580 8322159 8333107 8332230 8338678 8351260 8366196 8372336 8373094
+ * @bug 8301580 8322159 8333107 8332230 8338678 8351260 8366196 8372336 8373094 8384229
  * @summary Verify error recovery w.r.t. Attr
  * @library /tools/lib
  * @modules jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api
@@ -800,6 +800,66 @@ public class AttrRecovery {
         assertEquals(expected, actual);
     }
 
+    @Test //JDK-8384229
+    public void testStaticFieldTypeLookup() throws Exception {
+        Path out = base.resolve("out");
+
+        Files.createDirectories(out);
+
+        new JavacTask(tb)
+                .options("-XDrawDiagnostics",
+                         "-XDdev")
+                .sources("""
+                         package test;
+                         import static test.A.Object;
+                         enum A {
+                             Object;
+                         }
+                         class Test {
+                             void foo() {
+                                 Object f = "";
+                             }
+                         }
+                         """)
+                .outdir(out)
+                .run()
+                .writeAll();
+
+        new JavacTask(tb)
+                .options("-XDrawDiagnostics",
+                         "-XDdev")
+                .sources("""
+                         package test;
+                         import static test.A.Object;
+                         enum A {
+                             Object;
+                         }
+                         class Test {
+                             private static final Object f = "";
+                         }
+                         """)
+                .outdir(out)
+                .run()
+                .writeAll();
+
+        new JavacTask(tb)
+                .options("-XDrawDiagnostics",
+                         "-XDdev")
+                .sources("""
+                         package test;
+                         import static test.A.Object;
+                         class A {
+                             public static java.lang.Object Object() { return null; }
+                         }
+                         class Test {
+                             private static final Object f = Object();
+                         }
+                         """)
+                .outdir(out)
+                .run()
+                .writeAll();
+    }
+
     @BeforeEach
     public void setUp(TestInfo info) throws IOException {
         base = Path.of(info.getTestMethod().orElseThrow().getName());