diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index be6f129bb7..67231825a0 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
 <!-- Record your changes in the trunk here. -->
 <div id="trunk" style="display:none"><!--=TRUNK-BEGIN=-->
 <ul class=image>
+  <li class=bug>
+    Fixed an AbstractMethodError in ItemGroupMixin.create when using some older plugins.
   <li class=bug>
     The "last duration" column was broken since 1.403.
   <li class=bug>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/ExtensionFinder.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/ExtensionFinder.java
index d13e954faf..7f1f078321 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/ExtensionFinder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/ExtensionFinder.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public abstract class ExtensionFinder implements ExtensionPoint {
     public abstract <T> Collection<ExtensionComponent<T>> find(Class<T> type, Hudson hudson);
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     public <T> Collection<ExtensionComponent<T>> _find(Class<T> type, Hudson hudson) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java
index df287c0524..b21cb06334 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractItem extends Actionable implements Item, HttpDelet
     }
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     private void callOnRenamed(String newName, ItemGroup parent, String oldName) throws IOException {
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractItem extends Actionable implements Item, HttpDelet
     }
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     private void invokeOnDeleted() throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Item.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Item.java
index f4f2e17002..9eaf70e009 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Item.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Item.java
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ public interface Item extends PersistenceRoot, SearchableModelObject, AccessCont
     /**
      * When an item is created from scratch (instead of copied),
      * this method will be invoked. Used as the post-construction initialization.
+     *
+     * @since 1.374
       */
     void onCreatedFromScratch();
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ItemGroupMixIn.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ItemGroupMixIn.java
index 0f63ca3ff4..173fd2f2ae 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ItemGroupMixIn.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ItemGroupMixIn.java
@@ -247,7 +247,11 @@ public abstract class ItemGroupMixIn {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
         }
-        item.onCreatedFromScratch();
+        try {
+            callOnCreatedFromScratch(item);
+        } catch (AbstractMethodError e) {
+            // ignore this error. Must be older plugin that doesn't have this method
+        }
         item.save();
         add(item);
 
@@ -256,4 +260,11 @@ public abstract class ItemGroupMixIn {
 
         return item;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Pointless wrapper to avoid HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756
+     */
+    private void callOnCreatedFromScratch(TopLevelItem item) {
+        item.onCreatedFromScratch();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/queue/Executables.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/queue/Executables.java
index efa041203e..926169c9fb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/queue/Executables.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/queue/Executables.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class Executables {
     }
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     private static SubTask _getParentOf(Executable e) {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class Executables {
     }
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     private static long _getEstimatedDuration(Executable e) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/queue/Tasks.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/queue/Tasks.java
index 6cd2097cde..cfa99357a0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/queue/Tasks.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/queue/Tasks.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 public class Tasks {
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     private static Collection<? extends SubTask> _getSubTasksOf(Task task) {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class Tasks {
     }
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     private static Object _getSameNodeConstraintOf(SubTask t) {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class Tasks {
     }
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     public static Task _getOwnerTaskOf(SubTask t) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java
index 4fce8e8946..1ddd94068a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public abstract class SCM implements Describable<SCM>, ExtensionPoint {
     public abstract SCMRevisionState calcRevisionsFromBuild(AbstractBuild<?,?> build, Launcher launcher, TaskListener listener) throws IOException, InterruptedException;
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     public SCMRevisionState _calcRevisionsFromBuild(AbstractBuild<?, ?> build, Launcher launcher, TaskListener listener) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ public abstract class SCM implements Describable<SCM>, ExtensionPoint {
     protected abstract PollingResult compareRemoteRevisionWith(AbstractProject<?,?> project, Launcher launcher, FilePath workspace, TaskListener listener, SCMRevisionState baseline) throws IOException, InterruptedException;
 
     /**
-     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See HUDSON-5756 and bug 6933067
+     * A pointless function to work around what appears to be a HotSpot problem. See JENKINS-5756 and bug 6933067
      * on BugParade for more details.
      */
     private PollingResult _compareRemoteRevisionWith(AbstractProject<?, ?> project, Launcher launcher, FilePath workspace, TaskListener listener, SCMRevisionState baseline2) throws IOException, InterruptedException {