diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/Excluder.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/Excluder.java
index 14ecd60fbe..5827f6075d 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/Excluder.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/Excluder.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.Since;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.Until;
+import com.google.gson.internal.bind.SerializationDelegatingTypeAdapter;
 import com.google.gson.internal.reflect.ReflectionHelper;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public <T> TypeAdapter<T> create(Gson gson, TypeToken<T> type) {
       return null;
     }
 
-    return new TypeAdapter<T>() {
+    return new SerializationDelegatingTypeAdapter<T>() {
       /**
        * The delegate is lazily created because it may not be needed, and creating it may fail.
        * Field has to be {@code volatile} because {@link Gson} guarantees to be thread-safe.
@@ -152,6 +153,13 @@ private TypeAdapter<T> delegate() {
         }
         return d;
       }
+
+      @Override
+      public TypeAdapter<T> getSerializationDelegate() {
+        // When skipSerialize is true this adapter handles serialization itself (writes null),
+        // so there is no delegation. Otherwise it delegates to the next adapter in the chain.
+        return skipSerialize ? this : delegate();
+      }
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.java
index f64dbc6562..86e5b888a0 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.java
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ public void write(JsonWriter out, T value) throws IOException {
       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
       TypeAdapter<T> runtimeTypeAdapter =
           (TypeAdapter<T>) context.getAdapter(TypeToken.get(runtimeType));
-      // For backward compatibility only check ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.Adapter here but not any
-      // other wrapping adapters, see
-      // https://github.com/google/gson/pull/1787#issuecomment-1222175189
-      if (!(runtimeTypeAdapter instanceof ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.Adapter)) {
+      if (!isReflective(runtimeTypeAdapter)) {
         // The user registered a type adapter for the runtime type, so we will use that
         chosen = runtimeTypeAdapter;
       } else if (!isReflective(delegate)) {
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapperTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapperTest.java
index 82fe45ff6a..84906f3b6c 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapperTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapperTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
+import com.google.gson.ExclusionStrategy;
+import com.google.gson.FieldAttributes;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
@@ -151,14 +153,13 @@ public void testJsonDeserializer_JsonSerializerDelegate() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * When a {@link JsonDeserializer} is registered for Subclass, and a custom {@link JsonSerializer}
-   * is registered for Base, then Gson should prefer the reflective adapter for Subclass for
-   * backward compatibility (see https://github.com/google/gson/pull/1787#issuecomment-1222175189)
-   * even though normally TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper should prefer the custom serializer for
-   * Base.
+   * When a {@link JsonDeserializer} is registered for Subclass (which only affects
+   * deserialization), and a custom {@link JsonSerializer} is registered for Base, then Gson should
+   * prefer the custom serializer for Base because the Subclass deserializer has no effect on
+   * serialization.
    */
   @Test
-  public void testJsonDeserializer_SubclassBackwardCompatibility() {
+  public void testJsonDeserializer_SubclassWithBaseSerializer() {
     Gson gson =
         new GsonBuilder()
             .registerTypeAdapter(
@@ -173,7 +174,47 @@ public void testJsonDeserializer_SubclassBackwardCompatibility() {
             .create();
 
     String json = gson.toJson(new Container());
-    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("{\"b\":{\"f\":\"test\"}}");
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("{\"b\":\"base\"}");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Regression test for https://github.com/google/gson/issues/2190: a deserialization-only
+   * ExclusionStrategy that excludes the runtime type must not interfere with serialization. The
+   * custom TypeAdapter registered for the declared type should still be used.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testDeserializationExclusionStrategy_CustomBaseAdapter() {
+    Gson gson =
+        new GsonBuilder()
+            .addDeserializationExclusionStrategy(
+                new ExclusionStrategy() {
+                  @Override
+                  public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes f) {
+                    return false;
+                  }
+
+                  @Override
+                  public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+                    return clazz == Subclass.class;
+                  }
+                })
+            .registerTypeAdapter(
+                Base.class,
+                new TypeAdapter<Base>() {
+                  @Override
+                  public Base read(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
+                    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+                  }
+
+                  @Override
+                  public void write(JsonWriter out, Base value) throws IOException {
+                    out.value("custom-adapter");
+                  }
+                })
+            .create();
+
+    String json = gson.toJson(new Container());
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("{\"b\":\"custom-adapter\"}");
   }
 
   private static class CyclicBase {