diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/CompilationUnitScope.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/CompilationUnitScope.java
index 1809520b367..efb8efd3bc1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/CompilationUnitScope.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/CompilationUnitScope.java
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ ImportBinding[] getDefaultImports() {
 			this.environment.missingClassFileLocation, false, null/*resolving j.l.O is not specific to any referencing type*/);
 		BinaryTypeBinding missingObject = this.environment.createMissingType(null, TypeConstants.JAVA_LANG_OBJECT);
 		importBinding = missingObject.fPackage;
+		return new ImportBinding[] {new ImportBinding(TypeConstants.JAVA_LANG, true, importBinding, null)};
 	}
 	return this.environment.root.defaultImports = new ImportBinding[] {new ImportBinding(TypeConstants.JAVA_LANG, true, importBinding, null)};
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/ASTConverterBugsTest.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/ASTConverterBugsTest.java
index 3220c21f3f9..86043af2fda 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/ASTConverterBugsTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/ASTConverterBugsTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2017 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2024 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.dom;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import junit.framework.Test;
@@ -24,8 +25,10 @@
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaProject;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IMethod;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IType;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaModelException;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.WorkingCopyOwner;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.IProblem;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.*;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
@@ -1324,4 +1327,62 @@ public void testBug381503() throws CoreException, IOException {
 		deleteProject("P");
 	}
 }
+public void testGH3047() throws Exception {
+	Hashtable<String, String> options = JavaCore.getDefaultOptions();
+	options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_COMPLIANCE, JavaCore.VERSION_9);
+	options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_SOURCE, JavaCore.VERSION_9);
+	options.put(JavaCore.COMPILER_CODEGEN_TARGET_PLATFORM, JavaCore.VERSION_9);
+
+	createJava9Project("P");
+	createFolder("P/src");
+
+	String srcFolderInWS = "/P/src";
+	createFolder(srcFolderInWS + "/resources/examples/mockito");
+	String srcFilePathInWS = srcFolderInWS + "/resources/examples/mockito/MockingFromFinder.java";
+	createFile(srcFilePathInWS,
+						"""
+						package examples.mockito;
+						public class MockingFromFinder{}"""
+			);
+	srcFilePathInWS = srcFolderInWS + "/resources/examples/mockito/MockingWhileAdding.java";
+	createFile(srcFilePathInWS,
+						"""
+						package examples.mockito;
+						public class MockingWhileAdding {
+							public static void calculateWithAdder(int x, int y) {
+								IOperation adder = new Adder()::execute;
+							}
+							public interface IOperation {
+								int execute(int x, int y);
+							}
+							public static class Adder implements IOperation {
+								public int execute(int x, int y) {
+									return x+y;
+								}
+							}
+						}"""
+			);
+	String[] paths = new String[2];
+	paths[0] = getWorkspacePath() + "P/src/resources/examples/mockito/MockingFromFinder.java";
+	paths[1] = getWorkspacePath() + "P/src/resources/examples/mockito/MockingWhileAdding.java";
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	ASTParser parser = ASTParser.newParser(AST_INTERNAL_JLS9);
+	parser.setCompilerOptions(options);
+	parser.setResolveBindings(true);
+	parser.setStatementsRecovery(true);
+	parser.setBindingsRecovery(true);
+	parser.setEnvironment(null, new String[] {getWorkspacePath() + "P/src/resources"}, null, false);
+	parser.setKind(ASTParser.K_COMPILATION_UNIT);
+	class MyFileASTRequestor extends FileASTRequestor {
+		@Override
+		public void acceptAST(String sourceFilePath, CompilationUnit cu) {
+			IProblem[] problems = cu.getProblems();
+			assertTrue("Number of problems should be at least 1", (problems.length >= 1));
+			IProblem problem = problems[0];
+			assertEquals("Unexpected problem in " + sourceFilePath,
+					"Pb(324) The type java.lang.Object cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files", problem.toString());
+		}
+	}
+	parser.createASTs(paths, null, new String[] {}, new MyFileASTRequestor() {}, null);
+}
 }