diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 068e3c082..477d9411d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Current
+Fixed: GITHUB-3006: ITestResult injected at @AfterMethod incorrect when a configuration method failed (Krishnan Mahadevan)
 Fixed: GITHUB-3003: BeforeClass|AfterClass with inheritedGroups triggers cyclic dependencies (Krishnan Mahadevan)
 New:   Added @Inherited to the Listeners annotation, allowing it to be used in forming meta-annotations. (Pavlo Glushchenko)
 Fixed: GITHUB-2991: Suite attributes map should be thread safe (Krishnan Mahadevan)
diff --git a/testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/invokers/TestInvoker.java b/testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/invokers/TestInvoker.java
index a1a468561..d9f02cee9 100644
--- a/testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/invokers/TestInvoker.java
+++ b/testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/invokers/TestInvoker.java
@@ -595,10 +595,9 @@ private ITestResult invokeMethod(
       TestResult.copyAttributes(testResult, result);
       m_notifier.addSkippedTest(arguments.getTestMethod(), result);
       arguments.getTestMethod().incrementCurrentInvocationCount();
-      testResult.setMethod(arguments.getTestMethod());
       invokedMethod = new InvokedMethod(startTime, result);
       invokeListenersForSkippedTestResult(result, invokedMethod);
-      runAfterConfigurations(arguments, suite, testResult);
+      runAfterConfigurations(arguments, suite, result);
       runAfterGroupsConfigurations(arguments);
 
       return result;
@@ -773,7 +772,7 @@ private static void cleanInterruptStatus() {
   }
 
   private void runAfterConfigurations(
-      TestMethodArguments arguments, XmlSuite suite, TestResult testResult) {
+      TestMethodArguments arguments, XmlSuite suite, ITestResult testResult) {
     ITestNGMethod[] teardownConfigMethods =
         TestNgMethodUtils.filterTeardownConfigurationMethods(
             arguments.getTestMethod(), arguments.getAfterMethods());
@@ -795,7 +794,7 @@ private void runAfterGroupsConfigurations(TestMethodArguments arguments) {
   private void runConfigMethods(
       TestMethodArguments arguments,
       XmlSuite suite,
-      TestResult testResult,
+      ITestResult testResult,
       ITestNGMethod[] teardownConfigMethods) {
     ConfigMethodArguments cfgArgs =
         new ConfigMethodArguments.Builder()
diff --git a/testng-core/src/test/java/test/configuration/ConfigurationTest.java b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/configuration/ConfigurationTest.java
index c8d1e3d72..f88b3e27b 100644
--- a/testng-core/src/test/java/test/configuration/ConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/configuration/ConfigurationTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.ITestNGMethod;
+import org.testng.ITestResult;
 import org.testng.TestNG;
 import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -76,6 +79,22 @@ public void ensureGroupInheritanceWorksForConfigMethods() {
     assertThat(test.configuration.issue3003.TestClassSample.logs).containsAll(expected);
   }
 
+  @Test(description = "GITHUB-3006")
+  public void ensureNativelyInjectedTestResultForAfterMethodMatchesTestMethod() {
+    TestNG testng = create(test.configuration.issue3006.TestClassSample.class);
+    testng.run();
+    ITestResult actual = test.configuration.issue3006.TestClassSample.iTestResult;
+    assertThat(actual.getStatus())
+        .withFailMessage("The test method status should have been SKIPPED")
+        .isEqualTo(ITestResult.SKIP);
+    List<String> skippedDueTo =
+        actual.getSkipCausedBy().stream()
+            .map(ITestNGMethod::getQualifiedName)
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    assertThat(skippedDueTo)
+        .containsExactly("test.configuration.issue3006.TestClassSample.beforeMethod");
+  }
+
   @DataProvider(name = "produceTestClasses")
   public Object[][] produceTestClasses() {
     return new Object[][] {
diff --git a/testng-core/src/test/java/test/configuration/issue3006/TestClassSample.java b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/configuration/issue3006/TestClassSample.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51ed573a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testng-core/src/test/java/test/configuration/issue3006/TestClassSample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package test.configuration.issue3006;
+
+import org.testng.ITestResult;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class TestClassSample {
+
+  public static ITestResult iTestResult;
+
+  @BeforeMethod
+  public void beforeMethod() {
+    throw new RuntimeException("Exception to simulate configuration error");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void test() {}
+
+  @AfterMethod(alwaysRun = true)
+  public void afterMethod(ITestResult testResult) {
+    iTestResult = testResult;
+  }
+}