diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/processor/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/processor/BeanGenerator.java b/independent-projects/arc/processor/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/processor/BeanGenerator.java
index 952895860541d..b58e17cbcdfb4 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/processor/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/processor/BeanGenerator.java
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/processor/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/processor/BeanGenerator.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 import javax.enterprise.context.spi.Contextual;
 import javax.enterprise.context.spi.CreationalContext;
+import javax.enterprise.inject.CreationException;
 import javax.enterprise.inject.IllegalProductException;
 import javax.enterprise.inject.literal.InjectLiteral;
 import javax.enterprise.inject.spi.InterceptionType;
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.FieldCreator;
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.FieldDescriptor;
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.FunctionCreator;
+import io.quarkus.gizmo.Gizmo;
+import io.quarkus.gizmo.Gizmo.StringBuilderGenerator;
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.MethodCreator;
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.MethodDescriptor;
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.ResultHandle;
@@ -946,7 +949,25 @@ protected void implementCreate(ClassOutput classOutput, ClassCreator beanCreator
                     injectionPointToProviderSupplierField, reflectionRegistration,
                     targetPackage, isApplicationClass, create);
         } else if (bean.isSynthetic()) {
-            bean.getCreatorConsumer().accept(create);
+            if (bean.getScope().isNormal()) {
+                // Normal scoped synthetic beans should never return null
+                MethodCreator createSynthetic = beanCreator
+                        .getMethodCreator("createSynthetic", providerType.descriptorName(), CreationalContext.class)
+                        .setModifiers(ACC_PRIVATE);
+                bean.getCreatorConsumer().accept(createSynthetic);
+                ResultHandle ret = create.invokeVirtualMethod(createSynthetic.getMethodDescriptor(), create.getThis(),
+                        create.getMethodParam(0));
+                BytecodeCreator nullBeanInstance = create.ifNull(ret).trueBranch();
+                StringBuilderGenerator message = Gizmo.newStringBuilder(nullBeanInstance);
+                message.append("Null contextual instance was produced by a normal scoped synthetic bean: ");
+                message.append(Gizmo.toString(nullBeanInstance, nullBeanInstance.getThis()));
+                ResultHandle e = nullBeanInstance.newInstance(
+                        MethodDescriptor.ofConstructor(CreationException.class, String.class), message.callToString());
+                nullBeanInstance.throwException(e);
+                create.returnValue(ret);
+            } else {
+                bean.getCreatorConsumer().accept(create);
+            }
         }
 
         // Bridge method needed
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/buildextension/beans/NormalScopedSyntheticBeanProducedNullTest.java b/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/buildextension/beans/NormalScopedSyntheticBeanProducedNullTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7814f10472cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/buildextension/beans/NormalScopedSyntheticBeanProducedNullTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package io.quarkus.arc.test.buildextension.beans;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import javax.enterprise.context.spi.CreationalContext;
+import javax.enterprise.inject.CreationException;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.arc.Arc;
+import io.quarkus.arc.BeanCreator;
+import io.quarkus.arc.processor.BeanRegistrar;
+import io.quarkus.arc.test.ArcTestContainer;
+
+public class NormalScopedSyntheticBeanProducedNullTest {
+
+    public static volatile boolean beanDestroyerInvoked = false;
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    public ArcTestContainer container = ArcTestContainer.builder().beanRegistrars(new TestRegistrar()).build();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreationException() {
+        CreationException e = assertThrows(CreationException.class, () -> {
+            Arc.container().instance(CharSequence.class).get().length();
+        });
+        assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("Null contextual instance was produced by a normal scoped synthetic bean"),
+                e.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    static class TestRegistrar implements BeanRegistrar {
+
+        @Override
+        public void register(RegistrationContext context) {
+            context.configure(CharSequence.class).types(CharSequence.class).unremovable().scope(ApplicationScoped.class)
+                    .creator(CharSequenceCreator.class).done();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public static class CharSequenceCreator implements BeanCreator<CharSequence> {
+
+        @Override
+        public CharSequence create(CreationalContext<CharSequence> creationalContext, Map<String, Object> params) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}