diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Modules.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Modules.java
index f92497562cd2d..6c4729c217a40 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Modules.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Modules.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2023, 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
@@ -1094,6 +1094,9 @@ public void visitProvides(JCProvides tree) {
                 } finally {
                     env.info.visitingServiceImplementation = prevVisitingServiceImplementation;
                 }
+                if (!it.hasTag(CLASS)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 ClassSymbol impl = (ClassSymbol) it.tsym;
                 if ((impl.flags_field & PUBLIC) == 0) {
                     log.error(implName.pos(), Errors.NotDefPublic(impl, impl.location()));
diff --git a/test/langtools/tools/javac/modules/AnnotationProcessing.java b/test/langtools/tools/javac/modules/AnnotationProcessing.java
index 029166b876b0a..961a3f5c31dc3 100644
--- a/test/langtools/tools/javac/modules/AnnotationProcessing.java
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/javac/modules/AnnotationProcessing.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2023, 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
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @test
- * @bug 8133884 8162711 8133896 8172158 8172262 8173636 8175119 8189747 8236842 8254023 8263432
+ * @bug 8133884 8162711 8133896 8172158 8172262 8173636 8175119 8189747 8236842 8254023 8263432 8305225
  * @summary Verify that annotation processing works.
  * @library /tools/lib
  * @modules
@@ -2133,6 +2133,94 @@ public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateProvidesWithAP(Path base) throws Exception {
+        Path src = base.resolve("src");
+        Path m1 = src.resolve("m");
+
+        tb.writeJavaFiles(m1,
+                          """
+                          module m {
+                              provides api1.Api with test.Test;
+                              uses api1.Api;
+                              uses api2.Api;
+                          }
+                          """);
+
+        Path classes = base.resolve("classes");
+        Files.createDirectories(classes);
+
+        List<String> expectedErrors = List.of(
+                "module-info.java:2:18: compiler.err.doesnt.exist: api1",
+                "module-info.java:2:32: compiler.err.doesnt.exist: test",
+                "module-info.java:3:14: compiler.err.doesnt.exist: api1",
+                "module-info.java:4:14: compiler.err.doesnt.exist: api2",
+                "4 errors");
+        List<String> actualErrors = new JavacTask(tb)
+                .options("-XDrawDiagnostics")
+                .outdir(classes)
+                .files(findJavaFiles(m1))
+                .run(Task.Expect.FAIL)
+                .writeAll()
+                .getOutputLines(OutputKind.DIRECT);
+
+        tb.checkEqual(expectedErrors, actualErrors);
+
+        new JavacTask(tb)
+                .options("-processor", CreateProvidesWithAP.class.getName())
+                .outdir(classes)
+                .files(findJavaFiles(m1))
+                .run()
+                .writeAll();
+    }
+
+    @SupportedAnnotationTypes("*")
+    public static final class CreateProvidesWithAP extends AbstractProcessor {
+
+        int round;
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment roundEnv) {
+            processingEnv.getElementUtils().getModuleElement("m").getDirectives();
+            if (round++ == 0) {
+                try (Writer w = processingEnv.getFiler().createSourceFile("test.Test").openWriter()) {
+                    w.append("""
+                             package test;
+                             public class Test implements api1.Api {
+                             }
+                             """);
+                } catch (IOException ex) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+                }
+                try (Writer w = processingEnv.getFiler().createSourceFile("api1.Api").openWriter()) {
+                    w.append("""
+                             package api1;
+                             public interface Api {
+                             }
+                             """);
+                } catch (IOException ex) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+                }
+                try (Writer w = processingEnv.getFiler().createSourceFile("api2.Api").openWriter()) {
+                    w.append("""
+                             package api2;
+                             public interface Api {
+                             }
+                             """);
+                } catch (IOException ex) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public SourceVersion getSupportedSourceVersion() {
+            return SourceVersion.latest();
+        }
+
+    }
+
     private static void assertNonNull(String msg, Object val) {
         if (val == null) {
             throw new AssertionError(msg);