--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java	Fri Feb 15 16:30:31 2013 +0000
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java	Fri Feb 15 16:31:19 2013 +0000
@@ -2867,7 +2867,7 @@
      *                          | Identifier "=" AnnotationValue
      */
     JCExpression annotationFieldValue() {
-        if (token.kind == IDENTIFIER) {
+        if (LAX_IDENTIFIER.accepts(token.kind)) {
             mode = EXPR;
             JCExpression t1 = term1();
             if (t1.hasTag(IDENT) && token.kind == EQ) {