diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ArrayBlockingQueue.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ArrayBlockingQueue.java
index d52d18a06d3..b16f3459601 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ArrayBlockingQueue.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ArrayBlockingQueue.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 package java.util.concurrent;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.util.AbstractQueue;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -1617,6 +1618,23 @@ public class ArrayBlockingQueue<E> extends AbstractQueue<E>
             && (count == 0 || items[dec(putIndex, capacity)] != null);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Writes the queue to the stream whilst holding the locks to prevent
+     * broken invariants.
+     *
+     * @param s the stream
+     * @throws java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs
+     */
+    private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream s) throws IOException {
+        final ReentrantLock lock = this.lock;
+        lock.lock();
+        try {
+            s.defaultWriteObject();
+        } finally {
+            lock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reconstitutes this queue from a stream (that is, deserializes it).
      *