diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/horizontalclassmerging/VirtualMethodMerger.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/horizontalclassmerging/VirtualMethodMerger.java
index be6a5a2..a2d030e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/horizontalclassmerging/VirtualMethodMerger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/horizontalclassmerging/VirtualMethodMerger.java
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@
       representative = ListUtils.first(methods);
     }
 
+    if (representative.getAccessFlags().isAbstract() && superMethod != null) {
+      methods.forEach(method -> lensBuilder.mapMethod(method.getReference(), newMethodReference));
+      return;
+    }
+
     for (ProgramMethod method : methods) {
       if (method.getReference() == representative.getReference()) {
         lensBuilder.moveMethod(method.getReference(), newMethodReference);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/classmerging/horizontal/AbstractMethodWithSuperMethodMergingTest.java b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/classmerging/horizontal/AbstractMethodWithSuperMethodMergingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f0fb29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/classmerging/horizontal/AbstractMethodWithSuperMethodMergingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package com.android.tools.r8.classmerging.horizontal;
+
+import com.android.tools.r8.NeverInline;
+import com.android.tools.r8.NoHorizontalClassMerging;
+import com.android.tools.r8.NoVerticalClassMerging;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestBase;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestParameters;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestParametersCollection;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameter;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class AbstractMethodWithSuperMethodMergingTest extends TestBase {
+
+  @Parameter(0)
+  public TestParameters parameters;
+
+  @Parameters(name = "{0}")
+  public static TestParametersCollection data() {
+    return getTestParameters().withAllRuntimesAndApiLevels().build();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void test() throws Exception {
+    testForR8(parameters.getBackend())
+        .addInnerClasses(getClass())
+        .addKeepMainRule(Main.class)
+        .addHorizontallyMergedClassesInspector(
+            inspector -> inspector.assertIsCompleteMergeGroup(B1.class, B2.class))
+        .enableInliningAnnotations()
+        .enableNoHorizontalClassMergingAnnotations()
+        .enableNoVerticalClassMergingAnnotations()
+        .setMinApi(parameters.getApiLevel())
+        .run(parameters.getRuntime(), Main.class)
+        .assertSuccess();
+  }
+
+  static class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+      boolean unknownButAlwaysTrue = System.currentTimeMillis() > 0;
+      B1 c1 = unknownButAlwaysTrue ? new C1() : new C2();
+      C3 c3 = unknownButAlwaysTrue ? new C3() : null;
+      System.out.println(c1.foo());
+      System.out.println(c3.foo());
+    }
+  }
+
+  abstract static class A {
+
+    public int foo() {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @NoVerticalClassMerging
+  abstract static class B1 extends A {
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract int foo();
+  }
+
+  @NoVerticalClassMerging
+  abstract static class B2 extends A {}
+
+  @NoHorizontalClassMerging
+  static class C1 extends B1 {
+
+    @Override
+    @NeverInline
+    public int foo() {
+      return System.identityHashCode(this);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @NoHorizontalClassMerging
+  static class C2 extends B1 {
+
+    @Override
+    @NeverInline
+    public int foo() {
+      return System.identityHashCode(this);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @NoHorizontalClassMerging
+  static class C3 extends B2 {}
+}