diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala
index 14e8d6d17577..29b40670e8e3 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala
@@ -363,13 +363,13 @@ object TypeErasure {
    *  which leads to more predictable bytecode and (?) faster dynamic dispatch.
    */
   def erasedLub(tp1: Type, tp2: Type)(using Context): Type = {
-    // After erasure, C | {Null, Nothing} is just C, if C is a reference type.
-    // We need to short-circuit this case here because the regular lub logic below
-    // relies on the class hierarchy, which doesn't properly capture `Null`s subtyping
-    // behaviour.
-    if (tp1.isBottomTypeAfterErasure && tp2.derivesFrom(defn.ObjectClass)) return tp2
-    if (tp2.isBottomTypeAfterErasure && tp1.derivesFrom(defn.ObjectClass)) return tp1
-    tp1 match {
+    // We need to short-circuit the following 2 case because the regular lub logic in the else relies on
+    // the class hierarchy, which doesn't properly capture `Nothing`/`Null` subtyping behaviour.
+    if tp1.isRef(defn.NothingClass) || (tp1.isRef(defn.NullClass) && tp2.derivesFrom(defn.ObjectClass)) then
+      tp2 // After erasure, Nothing | T is just T and Null | C is just C, if C is a reference type.
+    else if tp2.isRef(defn.NothingClass) || (tp2.isRef(defn.NullClass) && tp1.derivesFrom(defn.ObjectClass)) then
+      tp1 // After erasure, T | Nothing is just T and C | Null is just C, if C is a reference type.
+    else tp1 match {
       case JavaArrayType(elem1) =>
         import dotty.tools.dotc.transform.TypeUtils._
         tp2 match {
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala
index a85c28a9f878..a8cf8d7ecc28 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import scala.tools.asm.Opcodes
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 import Opcodes._
 
-class TestBCode extends DottyBytecodeTest {
+class DottyBytecodeTests extends DottyBytecodeTest {
   import ASMConverters._
   @Test def nullChecks = {
     val source = """
@@ -1234,6 +1234,27 @@ class TestBCode extends DottyBytecodeTest {
         Label(9), Op(IRETURN)))
     }
   }
+
+  /** Check that erasure if `Int | Nothing` is `int` */
+  @Test def i14970 = {
+    val source =
+      s"""class Foo {
+         |  def foo: Int | Nothing = 1
+         |  def bar: Nothing | Int = 1
+         |}
+         """.stripMargin
+
+    checkBCode(source) { dir =>
+      val clsIn      = dir.lookupName("Foo.class", directory = false).input
+      val clsNode    = loadClassNode(clsIn)
+      def testSig(methodName: String, expectedSignature: String) = {
+        val signature = clsNode.methods.asScala.filter(_.name == methodName).map(_.signature)
+        assertEquals(List(expectedSignature), signature)
+      }
+      testSig("foo", "()I")
+      testSig("bar", "()I")
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 object invocationReceiversTestCode {
diff --git a/tests/neg/i5823.scala b/tests/neg/i5823.scala
index 673cdfc65e86..28c27b0c747a 100644
--- a/tests/neg/i5823.scala
+++ b/tests/neg/i5823.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class A
 class B
 
 class Foo {
-  
+
   // ok, because A and B are <: Object.
   def foo(a: A|Null): Unit = ()
   def foo(b: B|Null): Unit = ()
@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ class Foo {
   def foo2(a: A|Nothing): Unit = ()
   def foo2(b: B|Nothing): Unit = ()
 
+  // ok because erased to primitive types
   def bar2(a: Int|Nothing): Unit = ()
-  def bar2(b: Boolean|Nothing): Unit = () // error: signatures match
+  def bar2(b: Boolean|Nothing): Unit = ()
 
   // ok, T is erased to `String` and `Integer`, respectively
   def gen3[T <: String](s: T|Nothing): Unit = ()
   def gen3[T <: Integer](i: T|Nothing): Unit = ()
 
+  // ok because erased to primitive types
   def gen4[T <: Int](i: T|Nothing): Unit = ()
-  def gen4[T <: Boolean](b: T|Nothing): Unit = () // error: signatures match
+  def gen4[T <: Boolean](b: T|Nothing): Unit = ()
 }
diff --git a/tests/run/i14964.scala b/tests/run/i14964.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33970caccf1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/i14964.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+@main def Test: Unit =
+  val xs = (1, 2).toList
+  val a1 = xs.toArray
+  println((1, 2).toList.toArray)
+  val a2 = (1, 2).toList.toArray
diff --git a/tests/run/i14964b.check b/tests/run/i14964b.check
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f55e93967e38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/i14964b.check
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Int
+Int
+Int
+Int
diff --git a/tests/run/i14964b.scala b/tests/run/i14964b.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2da4898ddb45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/i14964b.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+@main def Test: Unit =
+  println(summon[reflect.ClassTag[Int]]) // classOf[Int]
+  println(summon[reflect.ClassTag[Int | Int]]) // classOf[Int]
+  println(summon[reflect.ClassTag[Int | 1]]) // classOf[Int]
+  println(summon[reflect.ClassTag[Int | Nothing]]) // classOf[Int]
diff --git a/tests/run/i14970.scala b/tests/run/i14970.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e468e4a1a1b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/i14970.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val x: Array[Int | Nothing] = Array()
+    val y: Array[Int] = x
+  }
+}