diff --git a/java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorker.java b/java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorker.java
index c4ff2100e0d6..1503fe37fb73 100644
--- a/java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorker.java
+++ b/java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorker.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.FatalError;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.ListBuffer;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Log;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Names;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Pair;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -541,6 +542,7 @@ private void dropMethodsAndErrors(com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context ctx, Compilat
             return ;
         }
         hu.handled.add(cut);
+        Names names = Names.instance(ctx);
         Symtab syms = Symtab.instance(ctx);
         Trees trees = Trees.instance(BasicJavacTask.instance(ctx));
         Types types = Types.instance(ctx);
@@ -732,6 +734,13 @@ public Void visitClass(ClassTree node, Void p) {
                 for (RecordComponent rc : clazz.sym.getRecordComponents()) {
                     rc.type = error2Object(rc.type);
                     scan(rc.accessorMeth, p);
+                    if (rc.accessor == null) {
+                        //the accessor is not created when the component type matches
+                        //a non-arg j.l.Object method (which is a compile-time error)
+                        //but the missing accessor will break Lower.
+                        //initialize the field:
+                        rc.accessor = new MethodSymbol(0, names.empty, new MethodType(com.sun.tools.javac.util.List.nil(), syms.errType, com.sun.tools.javac.util.List.nil(), syms.methodClass), clazz.sym);
+                    }
                 }
                 for (JCTree def : clazz.defs) {
                     boolean errorClass = isErroneousClass(def);
diff --git a/java/java.source.base/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorkerTest.java b/java/java.source.base/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorkerTest.java
index e2b0b3d0fb60..fd8d5bdc478a 100644
--- a/java/java.source.base/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorkerTest.java
+++ b/java/java.source.base/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorkerTest.java
@@ -2297,6 +2297,51 @@ public void testTypeTest() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(expected, file2Fixed);
     }
 
+    public void testWrongRecordComponent() throws Exception {
+        setSourceLevel("17");
+
+        Map<String, String> file2Fixed = new HashMap<>();
+        VanillaCompileWorker.fixedListener = (file, cut) -> {
+            try {
+                FileObject source = URLMapper.findFileObject(file.toUri().toURL());
+                file2Fixed.put(FileUtil.getRelativePath(getRoot(), source), cut.toString());
+            } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+            }
+        };
+        ParsingOutput result = runIndexing(Arrays.asList(compileTuple("test/Test.java",
+                                                                      "package test;\n" +
+                                                                      "public record Test(int wait) {\n" +
+                                                                      "}\n")),
+                                           Arrays.asList());
+
+        assertFalse(result.lowMemory);
+        assertTrue(result.success);
+
+        Set<String> createdFiles = new HashSet<String>();
+
+        for (File created : result.createdFiles) {
+            createdFiles.add(getWorkDir().toURI().relativize(created.toURI()).getPath());
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList("cache/s1/java/15/classes/test/Test.sig")),
+                     createdFiles);
+        Map<String, String> expected = Collections.singletonMap("test/Test.java",
+                "package test;\n" +
+                "\n" +
+                "public class Test {\n" +
+                "    static {\n" +
+                "        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException(\"Uncompilable code - compiler.err.illegal.record.component.name\");\n" +
+                "    }\n" +
+                "    \n" +
+                "    public Test(int wait) {\n" +
+                "        super();\n" +
+                "    }\n" +
+                "    private final int wait;\n" +
+                "}");
+        assertEquals(expected, file2Fixed);
+    }
+
     public static void noop() {}
 
     @Override