diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
index 0e95901f271aca..64edd62deae985 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
@@ -2733,22 +2733,16 @@ void MarkGenericArguments (IGenericInstance instance, MessageOrigin origin)
 		{
 			var arguments = instance.GenericArguments;
 
-			var generic_element = GetGenericProviderFromInstance (instance);
-			if (generic_element == null)
-				return;
-
-			var parameters = generic_element.GenericParameters;
-
-			if (arguments.Count != parameters.Count)
-				return;
+			IGenericParameterProvider? generic_element = GetGenericProviderFromInstance (instance);
+			Collection<GenericParameter>? parameters = generic_element?.GenericParameters;
 
 			for (int i = 0; i < arguments.Count; i++) {
 				var argument = arguments[i];
-				var parameter = parameters[i];
+				var parameter = parameters?[i];
 
 				var argumentTypeDef = MarkType (argument, new DependencyInfo (DependencyKind.GenericArgumentType, instance), origin);
 
-				if (Annotations.FlowAnnotations.RequiresGenericArgumentDataFlowAnalysis (parameter)) {
+				if (parameter is not null && Annotations.FlowAnnotations.RequiresGenericArgumentDataFlowAnalysis (parameter)) {
 					// The only two implementations of IGenericInstance both derive from MemberReference
 					Debug.Assert (instance is MemberReference);
 
@@ -2762,7 +2756,7 @@ void MarkGenericArguments (IGenericInstance instance, MessageOrigin origin)
 
 				_dependencyGraph.AddRoot (_nodeFactory.GetTypeIsRelevantToVariantCastingNode (argumentTypeDef), "Generic Argument");
 
-				if (parameter.HasDefaultConstructorConstraint)
+				if (parameter?.HasDefaultConstructorConstraint == true)
 					MarkDefaultConstructor (argumentTypeDef, new DependencyInfo (DependencyKind.DefaultCtorForNewConstrainedGenericArgument, instance), origin);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/test/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests/generated/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.Generator/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.TestCaseGenerator/GenericsTests.g.cs b/src/tools/illink/test/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests/generated/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.Generator/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.TestCaseGenerator/GenericsTests.g.cs
index b61127a3e55423..7042a4ff54f540 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/test/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests/generated/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.Generator/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.TestCaseGenerator/GenericsTests.g.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/test/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests/generated/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.Generator/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.TestCaseGenerator/GenericsTests.g.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ public Task OverrideWithAnotherVirtualMethodOfSameNameWithDifferentParameterType
 			return RunTest (allowMissingWarnings: true);
 		}
 
+		[Fact]
+		public Task UnresolvedGenerics ()
+		{
+			return RunTest (allowMissingWarnings: true);
+		}
+
 		[Fact]
 		public Task UsedOverloadedGenericMethodInGenericClassIsNotStripped ()
 		{
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Generics/Dependencies/UnresolvedGenericsLibrary.cs b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Generics/Dependencies/UnresolvedGenericsLibrary.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bd463eee0b47cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Generics/Dependencies/UnresolvedGenericsLibrary.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+
+namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Generics.Dependencies
+{
+	public class UnresolvedGenericsLibrary
+	{
+		public class GenericClass<T> { }
+
+		public static void GenericMethod<T> () { }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Generics/UnresolvedGenerics.cs b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Generics/UnresolvedGenerics.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c8c688f2db3acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Generics/UnresolvedGenerics.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Expectations.Assertions;
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Expectations.Metadata;
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Generics.Dependencies;
+
+namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Generics
+{
+	[IgnoreTestCase ("Ignore in NativeAOT, see https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/103843", IgnoredBy = Tool.NativeAot)]
+	[KeptAttributeAttribute (typeof (IgnoreTestCaseAttribute), By = Tool.Trimmer)]
+	[SetupCompileBefore ("UnresolvedGenericsLibrary.dll", new[] { "Dependencies/UnresolvedGenericsLibrary.cs" },
+		removeFromLinkerInput: true)]
+	class UnresolvedGenerics
+	{
+		static void Main ()
+		{
+			UnresolvedGenericType ();
+			UnresolvedGenericBaseType ();
+			UnresolvedGenericMethod ();
+		}
+
+		[Kept]
+		class GenericTypeArgument { }
+
+		[Kept]
+		static void UnresolvedGenericType ()
+		{
+			new UnresolvedGenericsLibrary.GenericClass<GenericTypeArgument> ();
+		}
+
+		[Kept]
+		class BaseTypeGenericArgument { }
+
+		[Kept]
+		[KeptMember (".ctor()")]
+		[KeptBaseType (typeof (UnresolvedGenericsLibrary.GenericClass<BaseTypeGenericArgument>))]
+		class HasBaseType : UnresolvedGenericsLibrary.GenericClass<BaseTypeGenericArgument> { }
+
+		[Kept]
+		static void UnresolvedGenericBaseType ()
+		{
+			new HasBaseType ();
+		}
+
+		[Kept]
+		class GenericMethodArgument { }
+
+		[Kept]
+		static void UnresolvedGenericMethod ()
+		{
+			UnresolvedGenericsLibrary.GenericMethod<GenericMethodArgument> ();
+		}
+	}
+}