diff --git a/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Analyzers/UseCollectionExpression/UseCollectionExpressionHelpers.cs b/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Analyzers/UseCollectionExpression/UseCollectionExpressionHelpers.cs
index 1141b27195ee1..ef895aa59d708 100644
--- a/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Analyzers/UseCollectionExpression/UseCollectionExpressionHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Analyzers/UseCollectionExpression/UseCollectionExpressionHelpers.cs
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ bool IsConstructibleCollectionType(ITypeSymbol type)
                     return true;
 
                 // At this point, all that is left are collection-initializer types.  These need to derive from
-                // System.Collections.IEnumerable, and have an accessible no-arg constructor.
+                // System.Collections.IEnumerable, and have an invokable no-arg constructor.
+
+                // Abstract type don't have invokable constructors at all.
+                if (namedType.IsAbstract)
+                    return false;
+
                 if (namedType.AllInterfaces.Contains(compilation.IEnumerableType()!))
                 {
                     // If they have an accessible `public C(int capacity)` constructor, the lang prefers calling that.
diff --git a/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Tests/UseCollectionExpression/UseCollectionExpressionForEmptyTests.cs b/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Tests/UseCollectionExpression/UseCollectionExpressionForEmptyTests.cs
index a93e3f5964913..a9fa58cdfcca3 100644
--- a/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Tests/UseCollectionExpression/UseCollectionExpressionForEmptyTests.cs
+++ b/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Tests/UseCollectionExpression/UseCollectionExpressionForEmptyTests.cs
@@ -1028,4 +1028,99 @@ void M()
             ReferenceAssemblies = ReferenceAssemblies.Net.Net80,
         }.RunAsync();
     }
+
+    [Fact, WorkItem("https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/69507")]
+    public async Task NotForAbstractClassWithoutCollectionBuilderAttribute()
+    {
+        var collectionDefinition = """
+            
+            abstract class V<T> : IEnumerable<T>
+            {
+                public static readonly V<T> Empty = null;
+
+                public V() { }
+            
+                public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator() => default;
+                IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() => default;
+            
+                public void Add(T x) { }
+            }
+            """;
+
+        await new VerifyCS.Test
+        {
+            TestCode = """
+                using System;
+                using System.Collections;
+                using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+                class C
+                {
+                    void M()
+                    {
+                        V<int> v = V<int>.Empty;
+                    }
+                }
+                """ + collectionDefinition,
+            LanguageVersion = LanguageVersion.CSharp12,
+            ReferenceAssemblies = ReferenceAssemblies.Net.Net80,
+        }.RunAsync();
+    }
+
+    [Fact, WorkItem("https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/69507")]
+    public async Task ForAbstractClassWithCollectionBuilderAttribute()
+    {
+        var collectionDefinition = """
+
+            [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CollectionBuilder(typeof(V), "Create")]
+            abstract class V<T> : IEnumerable<T>
+            {
+                public static readonly V<T> Empty = null;
+
+                public V() { }
+            
+                public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator() => default;
+                IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() => default;
+            
+                public void Add(T x) { }
+            }
+            
+            static class V
+            {
+                public static V<T> Create<T>(ReadOnlySpan<T> values) => default;
+            }
+            """;
+
+        await new VerifyCS.Test
+        {
+            TestCode = """
+                using System;
+                using System.Collections;
+                using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+                class C
+                {
+                    void M()
+                    {
+                        V<int> v = V<int>.[|Empty|];
+                    }
+                }
+                """ + collectionDefinition,
+            FixedCode = """
+                using System;
+                using System.Collections;
+                using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+                class C
+                {
+                    void M()
+                    {
+                        V<int> v = [];
+                    }
+                }
+                """ + collectionDefinition,
+            LanguageVersion = LanguageVersion.CSharp12,
+            ReferenceAssemblies = ReferenceAssemblies.Net.Net80,
+        }.RunAsync();
+    }
 }