diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeApplications.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeApplications.scala
index 4e360224a18f..aa380b574b98 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeApplications.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeApplications.scala
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ class TypeApplications(val self: Type) extends AnyVal {
   def translateJavaArrayElementType(using Context): Type =
     // A type parameter upper-bounded solely by `FromJavaObject` has `ObjectClass` as its classSymbol
     if self.typeSymbol.isAbstractOrParamType && (self.classSymbol eq defn.ObjectClass) then
-      AndType(self, defn.ObjectType)
+      // The order is important here since Java intersections erase to their first operand
+      AndType(defn.ObjectType, self)
     else
       self
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala
index ab5c4fa5bf07..8f0a8c9df985 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala
@@ -427,10 +427,6 @@ object TypeErasure {
    *  This operation has the following the properties:
    *  - Associativity and commutativity, because this method acts as the minimum
    *    of the total order induced by `compareErasedGlb`.
-   *  - Java compatibility: intersections that would be valid in Java code are
-   *    erased like javac would erase them (a Java intersection is composed of
-   *    exactly one class and one or more interfaces and always erases to the
-   *    class).
    */
   def erasedGlb(tp1: Type, tp2: Type)(using Context): Type =
     if compareErasedGlb(tp1, tp2) <= 0 then tp1 else tp2
@@ -609,7 +605,9 @@ class TypeErasure(sourceLanguage: SourceLanguage, semiEraseVCs: Boolean, isConst
     case tp: TypeProxy =>
       this(tp.underlying)
     case tp @ AndType(tp1, tp2) =>
-      if sourceLanguage.isScala2 then
+      if sourceLanguage.isJava then
+        this(tp1)
+      else if sourceLanguage.isScala2 then
         this(Scala2Erasure.intersectionDominator(Scala2Erasure.flattenedParents(tp)))
       else
         erasedGlb(this(tp1), this(tp2))
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/GenericSignatures.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/GenericSignatures.scala
index 4348bee27ff5..9024296eae89 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/GenericSignatures.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/GenericSignatures.scala
@@ -81,21 +81,14 @@ object GenericSignatures {
       val (repr :: _, others) = splitIntersection(bounds)
       builder.append(':')
 
-      // According to the Java spec
-      // (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-4.html#jls-4.4),
-      // intersections erase to their first member and must start with a class.
-      // So, if our intersection erases to a trait, in theory we should emit
-      // just that trait in the generic signature even if the intersection type
-      // is composed of multiple traits. But in practice Scala 2 has always
-      // ignored this restriction as intersections of traits seem to be handled
-      // correctly by javac, we do the same here since type soundness seems
-      // more important than adhering to the spec.
+      // In Java, intersections always erase to their first member, so put
+      // whatever parent erases to the Scala intersection erasure first in the
+      // signature.
       if repr.classSymbol.is(Trait) then
+        // An initial ':' is needed if the intersection starts with an interface
+        // (cf https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-TypeParameter)
         builder.append(':')
-        boxedSig(repr)
-        // If we wanted to be compliant with the spec, we would `return` here.
-      else
-        boxedSig(repr)
+      boxedSig(repr)
       others.filter(_.classSymbol.is(Trait)).foreach { tp =>
         builder.append(':')
         boxedSig(tp)
diff --git a/tests/run/java-intersection.check b/tests/run/java-intersection.check
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51c75c6b280b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/java-intersection.check
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+1
+2
+1
+Sub1
+2
+Sub2
diff --git a/tests/run/java-intersection/A_1.java b/tests/run/java-intersection/A_1.java
index ebe834a74cce..f54862e8adc2 100644
--- a/tests/run/java-intersection/A_1.java
+++ b/tests/run/java-intersection/A_1.java
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
 public class A_1 {
-  public <T extends Object & java.io.Serializable> void foo(T x) {}
+  public <T extends Object & Serializable> void foo(T x) {
+    System.out.println("1");
+  }
+
+  public <T extends Cloneable & Serializable> void foo(T x) {
+    System.out.println("2");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tests/run/java-intersection/Test_2.scala b/tests/run/java-intersection/Test_2.scala
index cbc39988340a..a3d7b11fce12 100644
--- a/tests/run/java-intersection/Test_2.scala
+++ b/tests/run/java-intersection/Test_2.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
+import java.io.Serializable
+
+class Sub extends A_1 {
+  override def foo[T <: Object & Serializable](x: T) =
+    super.foo(x)
+    println("Sub1")
+
+  override def foo[T <: Cloneable & Serializable](x: T) =
+    super.foo(x)
+    println("Sub2")
+}
+
 object Test {
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val x: Object & Serializable = new Serializable {}
+    val y: Cloneable & Serializable = new Cloneable with java.io.Serializable {}
+
     val a = new A_1
-    val x: java.io.Serializable = new java.io.Serializable {}
     a.foo(x)
+    a.foo(y)
+
+    val s = new Sub
+    s.foo(x)
+    s.foo(y)
   }
 }