diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java
index 76440d0b7d1214e8f8ff04f83766bc4d679c8bfa..da991f57185b86f49c68589be0f3e2214e0be64b 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java
@@ -897,7 +897,8 @@ public class Check {
                     assertConvertible(arg, arg.type, varArg, warn);
                     args = args.tail;
                 }
-            } else if ((sym.flags() & VARARGS) != 0 && allowVarargs) {
+            } else if ((sym.flags() & (VARARGS | SIGNATURE_POLYMORPHIC)) == VARARGS &&
+                    allowVarargs) {
                 // non-varargs call to varargs method
                 Type varParam = owntype.getParameterTypes().last();
                 Type lastArg = argtypes.last();
diff --git a/test/tools/javac/meth/VarargsWarn.java b/test/tools/javac/meth/VarargsWarn.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..476617b4eddb83bf20d3659ae51d350c964ac8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/javac/meth/VarargsWarn.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 8019340
+ * @summary varargs-related warnings are meaningless on signature-polymorphic methods such as MethodHandle.invokeExact
+ *
+ * @compile/fail/ref=VarargsWarn.out -XDrawDiagnostics -Werror VarargsWarn.java
+ */
+
+import java.lang.invoke.*;
+
+class VarargsWarn {
+    void test(MethodHandle mh) throws Throwable {
+        mh.invokeExact((Integer[])null);
+        mh.invoke((Integer[])null);
+        mh.invokeWithArguments((Integer[])null); //not a sig poly method - warning here!
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/tools/javac/meth/VarargsWarn.out b/test/tools/javac/meth/VarargsWarn.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..13decfad07dae5914af26d3f93141d058dd9f5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/javac/meth/VarargsWarn.out
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+VarargsWarn.java:15:32: compiler.warn.inexact.non-varargs.call: java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]
+- compiler.err.warnings.and.werror
+1 error
+1 warning