--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javadoc/JavadocMemberEnter.java	Wed Aug 28 10:17:23 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javadoc/JavadocMemberEnter.java	Wed Aug 28 15:40:33 2013 -0700
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Kinds;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.*;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.comp.MemberEnter;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.*;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context;
 
+import static com.sun.tools.javac.code.Flags.*;
+
 /**
  *  Javadoc's own memberEnter phase does a few things above and beyond that
  *  done by javac.
@@ -86,6 +89,17 @@
 
     @Override
     public void visitVarDef(JCVariableDecl tree) {
+        if (tree.init != null) {
+            boolean isFinal = (tree.mods.flags & FINAL) != 0
+                    || (env.enclClass.mods.flags & INTERFACE) != 0;
+            if (!isFinal || containsNonConstantExpression(tree.init)) {
+                // Avoid unnecessary analysis and release resources.
+                // In particular, remove non-constant expressions
+                // which may trigger Attr.attribClass, since
+                // method bodies are also removed, in visitMethodDef.
+                tree.init = null;
+            }
+        }
         super.visitVarDef(tree);
         if (tree.sym != null &&
                 tree.sym.kind == Kinds.VAR &&
@@ -101,4 +115,95 @@
     private static boolean isParameter(VarSymbol var) {
         return (var.flags() & Flags.PARAMETER) != 0;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Simple analysis of an expression tree to see if it contains tree nodes
+     * for any non-constant expression. This does not include checking references
+     * to other fields which may or may not be constant.
+     */
+    private static boolean containsNonConstantExpression(JCExpression tree) {
+        return new MaybeConstantExpressionScanner().containsNonConstantExpression(tree);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * See JLS 15.18, Constant Expression
+     */
+    private static class MaybeConstantExpressionScanner extends JCTree.Visitor {
+        boolean maybeConstantExpr = true;
+
+        public boolean containsNonConstantExpression(JCExpression tree) {
+            scan(tree);
+            return !maybeConstantExpr;
+        }
+
+        public void scan(JCTree tree) {
+            // short circuit scan when end result is definitely false
+            if (maybeConstantExpr && tree != null)
+                tree.accept(this);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        /** default for any non-overridden visit method. */
+        public void visitTree(JCTree tree) {
+            maybeConstantExpr = false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitBinary(JCBinary tree) {
+            switch (tree.getTag()) {
+                case MUL: case DIV: case MOD:
+                case PLUS: case MINUS:
+                case SL: case SR: case USR:
+                case LT: case LE: case GT: case GE:
+                case EQ: case NE:
+                case BITAND: case BITXOR: case BITOR:
+                case AND: case OR:
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    maybeConstantExpr = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitConditional(JCConditional tree) {
+            scan(tree.cond);
+            scan(tree.truepart);
+            scan(tree.falsepart);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitIdent(JCIdent tree) { }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitLiteral(JCLiteral tree) { }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitParens(JCParens tree) {
+            scan(tree.expr);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitSelect(JCTree.JCFieldAccess tree) {
+            scan(tree.selected);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitTypeCast(JCTypeCast tree) {
+            scan(tree.clazz);
+            scan(tree.expr);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitTypeIdent(JCPrimitiveTypeTree tree) { }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitUnary(JCUnary tree) {
+            switch (tree.getTag()) {
+                case POS: case NEG: case COMPL: case NOT:
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    maybeConstantExpr = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }