diff --git a/java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorker.java b/java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorker.java
index b5e7aec3dbf3..75375bd0c045 100644
--- a/java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorker.java
+++ b/java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorker.java
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ public Void visitClass(ClassTree node, Void p) {
                             csym.members_field.remove(member);
                         }
                     }
-                    if (errorClass || def.hasTag(JCTree.Tag.ERRONEOUS) || def.hasTag(JCTree.Tag.BLOCK)) {
+                    if (errorClass || def.hasTag(JCTree.Tag.ERRONEOUS)) {
                         clazz.defs = com.sun.tools.javac.util.List.filter(clazz.defs, def);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/java/java.source.base/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorkerTest.java b/java/java.source.base/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorkerTest.java
index 276c07fe4bc1..e3dfc1701d5e 100644
--- a/java/java.source.base/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorkerTest.java
+++ b/java/java.source.base/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/indexing/VanillaCompileWorkerTest.java
@@ -1876,6 +1876,51 @@ public void testSuperCall() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(expected, file2Fixed);
     }
 
+    public void testStaticInit() throws Exception {
+        Map<String, String> file2Fixed = new HashMap<>();
+        VanillaCompileWorker.fixedListener = (file, cut) -> {
+            try {
+                FileObject source = URLMapper.findFileObject(file.toUri().toURL());
+                file2Fixed.put(FileUtil.getRelativePath(getRoot(), source), cut.toString());
+            } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+            }
+        };
+        ParsingOutput result = runIndexing(Arrays.asList(compileTuple("test/Test.java",
+                                                                      "package test;\n" +
+                                                                      "public class Test {\n" +
+                                                                      "    static {\n" +
+                                                                      "        System.err.println();\n" +
+                                                                      "    }\n" +
+                                                                      "}\n")),
+                                           Arrays.asList());
+
+        assertFalse(result.lowMemory);
+        assertTrue(result.success);
+
+        Set<String> createdFiles = new HashSet<String>();
+
+        for (File created : result.createdFiles) {
+            createdFiles.add(getWorkDir().toURI().relativize(created.toURI()).getPath());
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList("cache/s1/java/15/classes/test/Test.sig")),
+                     createdFiles);
+        Map<String, String> expected = Collections.singletonMap("test/Test.java",
+                "package test;\n" +
+                "\n" +
+                "public class Test {\n" +
+                "    \n" +
+                "    public Test() {\n" +
+                "        super();\n" +
+                "    }\n" +
+                "    static {\n" +
+                "        System.err.println();\n" +
+                "    }\n" +
+                "}");
+        assertEquals(expected, file2Fixed);
+    }
+
     public static void noop() {}
 
     @Override