diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java
index 21cc8e57e1f..46b076d3d03 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java
@@ -4145,6 +4145,10 @@ private boolean checkCastablePattern(DiagnosticPosition pos,
                                          Type exprType,
                                          Type pattType) {
         Warner warner = new Warner();
+        // if any type is erroneous, the problem is reported elsewhere
+        if (exprType.isErroneous() || pattType.isErroneous()) {
+            return false;
+        }
         if (!types.isCastable(exprType, pattType, warner)) {
             chk.basicHandler.report(pos,
                     diags.fragment(Fragments.InconvertibleTypes(exprType, pattType)));
@@ -4206,7 +4210,7 @@ public void visitRecordPattern(JCRecordPattern tree) {
             tree.record = record;
         } else {
             log.error(tree.pos(), Errors.DeconstructionPatternOnlyRecords(site.tsym));
-            expectedRecordTypes = Stream.generate(() -> Type.noType)
+            expectedRecordTypes = Stream.generate(() -> types.createErrorType(tree.type))
                                 .limit(tree.nested.size())
                                 .collect(List.collector());
         }
diff --git a/test/langtools/tools/javac/T8295447.java b/test/langtools/tools/javac/T8295447.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76fcaf10f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/javac/T8295447.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2022, 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 8295447
+ * @summary NullPointerException with invalid pattern matching construct in constructor call
+ * @modules jdk.compiler
+ * @compile/fail/ref=T8295447.out -XDrawDiagnostics --enable-preview -source ${jdk.version} T8295447.java
+ */
+public class T8295447 {
+    class Foo {
+        void m(Object o) {
+            if(o instanceof Foo(int x)) {}
+        }
+
+        Foo(Object o) {
+            m((o instanceof Foo(int x))? 0 : 1);
+        }
+        void m(int i) { }
+    }
+
+    class Base { int i; Base(int j) { i = j; } }
+    class Sub extends Base {
+        Sub(Object o) { super(o instanceof java.awt.Point(int x, int y)? x + y: 0); }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/langtools/tools/javac/T8295447.out b/test/langtools/tools/javac/T8295447.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f6746f802f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/javac/T8295447.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+T8295447.java:33:29: compiler.err.deconstruction.pattern.only.records: T8295447.Foo
+T8295447.java:37:29: compiler.err.deconstruction.pattern.only.records: T8295447.Foo
+T8295447.java:44:44: compiler.err.deconstruction.pattern.only.records: java.awt.Point
+- compiler.note.preview.filename: T8295447.java, DEFAULT
+- compiler.note.preview.recompile
+3 errors
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