diff --git a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java
index 2b5fdfebfe9..9992483de04 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.java
@@ -4476,12 +4476,16 @@ assertEquals("boojum", (String) catTrace.invokeExact("boo", "jum"));
      * @since 9
      */
     public static MethodHandle countedLoop(MethodHandle start, MethodHandle end, MethodHandle init, MethodHandle body) {
-        MethodHandle returnVar = dropArguments(init == null || init.type().returnType() == void.class ?
-                zero(void.class) : identity(init.type().returnType()), 0, int.class, int.class);
+        MethodHandle defaultResultHandle = init == null || init.type().returnType() == void.class ?
+                zero(void.class) :
+                identity(init.type().returnType());
+        MethodHandle adaptedBody = body == null ? dropArguments(defaultResultHandle, 0, int.class) : body;
+        MethodHandle returnVar = dropArguments(defaultResultHandle, 0, int.class, int.class);
         MethodHandle[] indexVar = {start, MethodHandleImpl.getConstantHandle(MethodHandleImpl.MH_countedLoopStep)};
-        MethodHandle[] loopLimit = {end, null, MethodHandleImpl.getConstantHandle(MethodHandleImpl.MH_countedLoopPred), returnVar};
+        MethodHandle[] loopLimit = {end, null, MethodHandleImpl.getConstantHandle(MethodHandleImpl.MH_countedLoopPred),
+                returnVar};
         MethodHandle[] bodyClause = {init,
-                filterArgument(dropArguments(body, 1, int.class), 0,
+                filterArgument(dropArguments(adaptedBody, 1, int.class), 0,
                         MethodHandleImpl.getConstantHandle(MethodHandleImpl.MH_decrementCounter))};
         return loop(indexVar, loopLimit, bodyClause);
     }
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/lang/invoke/LoopCombinatorTest.java b/jdk/test/java/lang/invoke/LoopCombinatorTest.java
index 67edb08a8cd..5637a9958a0 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/lang/invoke/LoopCombinatorTest.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/lang/invoke/LoopCombinatorTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  * @bug 8150957
  * @bug 8152667
  * @bug 8153637
+ * @bug 8154751
  * @run testng/othervm -ea -esa test.java.lang.invoke.LoopCombinatorTest
  */
 
@@ -347,6 +348,23 @@ public class LoopCombinatorTest {
         assertEquals(10, loop.invoke());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public static void testCountedLoopEmpty() throws Throwable {
+        // for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) { /* empty */ }
+        MethodHandle loop = MethodHandles.countedLoop(MethodHandles.constant(int.class, 5), null, null);
+        assertEquals(methodType(void.class), loop.type());
+        loop.invoke();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public static void testCountedRangeLoopEmpty() throws Throwable {
+        // for (int i = -5; i < 5; ++i) { /* empty */ }
+        MethodHandle loop = MethodHandles.countedLoop(MethodHandles.constant(int.class, -5),
+                MethodHandles.constant(int.class, 5), null, null);
+        assertEquals(methodType(void.class), loop.type());
+        loop.invoke();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public static void testIterateSum() throws Throwable {
         // Integer[] a = new Integer[]{1,2,3,4,5,6}; int sum = 0; for (int e : a) { sum += e; } return sum; => 21