diff --git a/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php b/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
index f6df34f2..06c316eb 100644
--- a/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
+++ b/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
@@ -445,6 +445,15 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, string $class, array &$contex
 
         unset($context['has_constructor']);
 
+        if (!$reflectionClass->isInstantiable()) {
+            throw NotNormalizableValueException::createForUnexpectedDataType(
+                sprintf('Failed to create object because the class "%s" is not instantiable.', $class),
+                $data,
+                ['unknown'],
+                $context['deserialization_path'] ?? null
+            );
+        }
+
         return new $class();
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizerTest.php b/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizerTest.php
index 924f07e3..10184995 100644
--- a/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizerTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Extractor\PhpDocExtractor;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\JsonEncoder;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\MissingConstructorArgumentsException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotNormalizableValueException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\AttributeMetadata;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\Factory\ClassMetadataFactory;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\NullableOptionalConstructorArgumentDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\StaticConstructorDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\StaticConstructorNormalizer;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\UnitEnumDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\VariadicConstructorTypedArgsDummy;
 
 /**
@@ -280,4 +282,16 @@ public function testIgnore()
 
         $this->assertSame([], $normalizer->normalize($dummy));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @requires PHP 8.1
+     */
+    public function testDenormalizeWhenObjectNotInstantiable()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(NotNormalizableValueException::class);
+
+        $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
+
+        $normalizer->denormalize('{}', UnitEnumDummy::class);
+    }
 }