diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f377ac43c15..bf3f890aea59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 - `[jest-snapshot]` Prevent inline snapshots from drifting when inline snapshots are updated ([#8492](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8492))
 - `[jest-haste-map]` Don't throw on missing mapper in Node crawler ([#8558](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8558))
 - `[jest-core]` Fix incorrect `passWithNoTests` warning ([#8595](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8595))
+- `[jest-mock]` Fix incorrect assignments when restoring mocks in instances where they originally didn't exist ([#8625](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8625))
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-mock/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/jest-mock/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 64c47464be83..5c84fd7c5d03 100644
--- a/packages/jest-mock/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-mock/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -542,6 +542,29 @@ describe('moduleMocker', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('mocks the method in the passed object itself', () => {
+      const parent = {func: () => 'abcd'};
+      const child = Object.create(parent);
+
+      moduleMocker.spyOn(child, 'func').mockReturnValue('efgh');
+
+      expect(child.hasOwnProperty('func')).toBe(true);
+      expect(child.func()).toEqual('efgh');
+      expect(parent.func()).toEqual('abcd');
+    });
+
+    it('should delete previously inexistent methods when restoring', () => {
+      const parent = {func: () => 'abcd'};
+      const child = Object.create(parent);
+
+      moduleMocker.spyOn(child, 'func').mockReturnValue('efgh');
+      moduleMocker.restoreAllMocks();
+      moduleMocker.spyOn(parent, 'func').mockReturnValue('jklm');
+
+      expect(child.hasOwnProperty('func')).toBe(false);
+      expect(child.func()).toEqual('jklm');
+    });
+
     it('supports mock value returning undefined', () => {
       const obj = {
         func: () => 'some text',
diff --git a/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts
index ba06769d893b..71d20e67ac5b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts
@@ -1009,9 +1009,15 @@ class ModuleMockerClass {
         );
       }
 
+      const isMethodOwner = object.hasOwnProperty(methodName);
+
       // @ts-ignore overriding original method with a Mock
       object[methodName] = this._makeComponent({type: 'function'}, () => {
-        object[methodName] = original;
+        if (isMethodOwner) {
+          object[methodName] = original;
+        } else {
+          delete object[methodName];
+        }
       });
 
       // @ts-ignore original method is now a Mock