diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Denotations.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Denotations.scala
index e98cbb87cf1b..a8dc8d0658b7 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Denotations.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Denotations.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import Periods._
 import Flags._
 import DenotTransformers._
 import Decorators._
+import Signature.MatchDegree._
 import printing.Texts._
 import printing.Printer
 import io.AbstractFile
@@ -612,12 +613,19 @@ object Denotations {
     def accessibleFrom(pre: Type, superAccess: Boolean)(implicit ctx: Context): Denotation =
       if (!symbol.exists || symbol.isAccessibleFrom(pre, superAccess)) this else NoDenotation
 
-    def atSignature(sig: Signature, site: Type, relaxed: Boolean)(implicit ctx: Context): SingleDenotation = {
-      val situated = if (site == NoPrefix) this else asSeenFrom(site)
-      val matches = sig.matchDegree(situated.signature).ordinal >=
-        (if (relaxed) Signature.ParamMatch else Signature.FullMatch).ordinal
-      if (matches) this else NoDenotation
-    }
+    def atSignature(sig: Signature, site: Type, relaxed: Boolean)(implicit ctx: Context): SingleDenotation =
+      val situated = if site == NoPrefix then this else asSeenFrom(site)
+      val matches = sig.matchDegree(situated.signature) match
+        case FullMatch =>
+          true
+        case MethodNotAMethodMatch =>
+          // See comment in `matches`
+          relaxed && !symbol.is(JavaDefined)
+        case ParamMatch =>
+          relaxed
+        case noMatch =>
+          false
+      if matches then this else NoDenotation
 
     def matchesImportBound(bound: Type)(implicit ctx: Context): Boolean =
       if bound.isRef(defn.NothingClass) then false
@@ -961,15 +969,26 @@ object Denotations {
     final def first: SingleDenotation = this
     final def last: SingleDenotation = this
 
-    final def matches(other: SingleDenotation)(implicit ctx: Context): Boolean = {
+    final def matches(other: SingleDenotation)(implicit ctx: Context): Boolean =
       val d = signature.matchDegree(other.signature)
-      (// fast path: signatures are the same and neither denotation is a PolyType
-       // For polytypes, signatures alone do not tell us enough to be sure about matching.
-       d == Signature.FullMatch &&
-       !infoOrCompleter.isInstanceOf[PolyType] && !other.infoOrCompleter.isInstanceOf[PolyType]
-       ||
-       d != Signature.NoMatch && info.matches(other.info))
-    }
+
+      /** Slower check used if the signatures alone do not tell us enough to be sure about matching */
+      def slowCheck = info.matches(other.info)
+
+      d match
+        case FullMatch =>
+          if infoOrCompleter.isInstanceOf[PolyType] || other.infoOrCompleter.isInstanceOf[PolyType] then
+            slowCheck
+          else
+            true
+        case MethodNotAMethodMatch =>
+          // Java allows defining both a field and a zero-parameter method with the same name
+          !ctx.erasedTypes && !(symbol.is(JavaDefined) && other.symbol.is(JavaDefined))
+        case ParamMatch =>
+          !ctx.erasedTypes && slowCheck
+        case noMatch =>
+          false
+    end matches
 
     def mapInherited(ownDenots: PreDenotation, prevDenots: PreDenotation, pre: Type)(implicit ctx: Context): SingleDenotation =
       if (hasUniqueSym && prevDenots.containsSym(symbol)) NoDenotation
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Signature.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Signature.scala
index d35f619d0343..56601f920ab3 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Signature.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Signature.scala
@@ -60,12 +60,7 @@ case class Signature(paramsSig: List[ParamSig], resSig: TypeName) {
     @tailrec def loop(names1: List[ParamSig], names2: List[ParamSig]): Boolean =
       if (names1.isEmpty) names2.isEmpty
       else !names2.isEmpty && consistent(names1.head, names2.head) && loop(names1.tail, names2.tail)
-    if (ctx.erasedTypes && (this == NotAMethod) != (that == NotAMethod))
-      false // After erasure, we allow fields and parameterless methods with the same name.
-            // This is needed to allow both a module field and a bridge method for an abstract val.
-            // Test case is patmatch-classtag.scala
-    else
-      loop(this.paramsSig, that.paramsSig)
+    loop(this.paramsSig, that.paramsSig)
   }
 
   /** `that` signature, but keeping all corresponding parts of `this` signature. */
@@ -87,23 +82,27 @@ case class Signature(paramsSig: List[ParamSig], resSig: TypeName) {
   /** The degree to which this signature matches `that`.
    *  If parameter signatures are consistent and result types names match (i.e. they are the same
    *  or one is a wildcard), the result is `FullMatch`.
-   *  If only the parameter signatures are consistent, the result is `ParamMatch` before erasure and
-   *  `NoMatch` otherwise.
+   *  If only the parameter signatures are consistent, the result is either
+   *  `MethodNotAMethodMatch` (if one side is a method signature and the other isn't),
+   *  or `ParamMatch`.
    *  If the parameters are inconsistent, the result is always `NoMatch`.
    */
   final def matchDegree(that: Signature)(implicit ctx: Context): MatchDegree =
-    if (consistentParams(that))
-      if (resSig == that.resSig || isWildcard(resSig) || isWildcard(that.resSig)) FullMatch
-      else if (!ctx.erasedTypes) ParamMatch
-      else NoMatch
-    else NoMatch
+    if consistentParams(that) then
+      if resSig == that.resSig || isWildcard(resSig) || isWildcard(that.resSig) then
+        FullMatch
+      else if (this == NotAMethod) != (that == NotAMethod) then
+        MethodNotAMethodMatch
+      else
+        ParamMatch
+    else
+      NoMatch
 
   /** Does this signature potentially clash with `that` ? */
   def clashes(that: Signature)(implicit ctx: Context): Boolean =
     matchDegree(that) == FullMatch
 
-  /** name.toString == "" or name.toString == "_" */
-  private def isWildcard(name: TypeName) = name.isEmpty || name == tpnme.WILDCARD
+  private def isWildcard(name: TypeName) = name == tpnme.WILDCARD
 
   /** Construct a signature by prepending the signature names of the given `params`
    *  to the parameter part of this signature.
@@ -136,7 +135,17 @@ object Signature {
     // small values, so the performance hit should be minimal.
 
   enum MatchDegree {
-    case NoMatch, ParamMatch, FullMatch
+    /** The signatures are unrelated. */
+    case NoMatch
+    /** The parameter signatures are equivalent. */
+    case ParamMatch
+    /** Both signatures have no parameters, one is a method and the other isn't.
+     *
+     *  @see NotAMethod
+     */
+    case MethodNotAMethodMatch
+    /** The parameter and result type signatures are equivalent. */
+    case FullMatch
   }
   export MatchDegree._
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/messages.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/messages.scala
index e458bf22531c..11069cb5ac79 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/messages.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/messages.scala
@@ -2015,9 +2015,11 @@ object messages {
       def nameAnd = if (decl.name != previousDecl.name) " name and" else ""
       def details(implicit ctx: Context): String =
         if (decl.isRealMethod && previousDecl.isRealMethod) {
+          import Signature.MatchDegree._
+
           // compare the signatures when both symbols represent methods
           decl.signature.matchDegree(previousDecl.signature) match {
-            case Signature.MatchDegree.NoMatch =>
+            case NoMatch =>
               // If the signatures don't match at all at the current phase, then
               // they might match after erasure.
               val elimErasedCtx = ctx.withPhaseNoEarlier(ctx.elimErasedValueTypePhase.next)
@@ -2025,9 +2027,11 @@ object messages {
                 details(elimErasedCtx)
               else
                 "" // shouldn't be reachable
-            case Signature.MatchDegree.ParamMatch =>
+            case ParamMatch =>
               "have matching parameter types."
-            case Signature.MatchDegree.FullMatch =>
+            case MethodNotAMethodMatch =>
+              "neither has parameters."
+            case FullMatch =>
               i"have the same$nameAnd type after erasure."
           }
         }
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/tastyreflect/ReflectionCompilerInterface.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/tastyreflect/ReflectionCompilerInterface.scala
index 4f095fa12baa..cb99731872e1 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/tastyreflect/ReflectionCompilerInterface.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/tastyreflect/ReflectionCompilerInterface.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import dotty.tools.dotc.ast.{TreeTypeMap, Trees, tpd, untpd}
 import dotty.tools.dotc.typer.{Implicits, Typer}
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core._
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Flags._
-import dotty.tools.dotc.core.StdNames.nme
+import dotty.tools.dotc.core.StdNames._
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.quoted.PickledQuotes
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Symbols._
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Decorators._
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ class ReflectionCompilerInterface(val rootContext: core.Contexts.Context) extend
           val tpe = tpt.tpe.dropDependentRefinement
           // we checked that this is a plain Function closure, so there will be an apply method with a MethodType
           // and the expected signature based on param types
-          val expectedSig = Signature.NotAMethod.prependTermParams(paramTypes, false)
+          val expectedSig = Signature(Nil, tpnme.WILDCARD).prependTermParams(paramTypes, false)
           val method = tpt.tpe.member(nme.apply).atSignature(expectedSig)
           if method.symbol.is(Deferred) then
             val methodType = method.info.asInstanceOf[MethodType]
diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index a0a7a7046ac7..01a62e1c7c27 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ object Build {
 
           ++ (dir / "shared/src/test/scala/org/scalajs/testsuite/utils" ** "*.scala").get
           ++ (dir / "shared/src/test/scala/org/scalajs/testsuite/junit" ** "*.scala").get
-          ++ (dir / "shared/src/test/scala/org/scalajs/testsuite/niobuffer" ** (("*.scala": FileFilter)  -- "ByteBufferTest.scala")).get
+          ++ (dir / "shared/src/test/scala/org/scalajs/testsuite/niobuffer" ** "*.scala").get
           ++ (dir / "shared/src/test/scala/org/scalajs/testsuite/niocharset" ** (("*.scala": FileFilter)  -- "BaseCharsetTest.scala" -- "Latin1Test.scala" -- "USASCIITest.scala" -- "UTF16Test.scala" -- "UTF8Test.scala")).get
           ++ (dir / "shared/src/test/scala/org/scalajs/testsuite/scalalib" ** (("*.scala": FileFilter)  -- "ArrayBuilderTest.scala" -- "ClassTagTest.scala" -- "EnumerationTest.scala" -- "SymbolTest.scala")).get
           ++ (dir / "shared/src/test/require-sam" ** "*.scala").get
diff --git a/tests/pos-java-interop/java-overload-field-method/A.java b/tests/pos-java-interop/java-overload-field-method/A.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aaee68851604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos-java-interop/java-overload-field-method/A.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+public class A {
+  public String foo = "";
+  public int foo() { return 1; }
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos-java-interop/java-overload-field-method/Test.scala b/tests/pos-java-interop/java-overload-field-method/Test.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23a00b2a4b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos-java-interop/java-overload-field-method/Test.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+object Test {
+  val a = new A
+  val b = a.foo
+  val bs: String = b
+  val c = a.foo()
+  val ci: Int = c
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/i7132.scala b/tests/pos/i7132.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7aa8af93bce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i7132.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+object Test {
+  java.nio.ByteBuffer.allocate(1).isReadOnly
+}