--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	Fri Dec 13 09:25:44 2013 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	Mon Dec 16 08:24:33 2013 -0500
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
   Symbol* signature = resolved_method->signature();
 
   // First check in default method array
-  if (!resolved_method->is_abstract()  &&
+  if (!resolved_method->is_abstract() &&
     (InstanceKlass::cast(klass())->default_methods() != NULL)) {
     int index = InstanceKlass::find_method_index(InstanceKlass::cast(klass())->default_methods(), name, signature);
     if (index >= 0 ) {
@@ -318,7 +318,11 @@
 
 void LinkResolver::lookup_method_in_interfaces(methodHandle& result, KlassHandle klass, Symbol* name, Symbol* signature, TRAPS) {
   InstanceKlass *ik = InstanceKlass::cast(klass());
-  result = methodHandle(THREAD, ik->lookup_method_in_all_interfaces(name, signature));
+
+  // Specify 'true' in order to skip default methods when searching the
+  // interfaces.  Function lookup_method_in_klasses() already looked for
+  // the method in the default methods table.
+  result = methodHandle(THREAD, ik->lookup_method_in_all_interfaces(name, signature, true));
 }
 
 void LinkResolver::lookup_polymorphic_method(methodHandle& result,
@@ -620,7 +624,7 @@
                                             bool check_access,
                                             bool nostatics, TRAPS) {
 
- // check if klass is interface
+  // check if klass is interface
   if (!resolved_klass->is_interface()) {
     ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
     char buf[200];
@@ -1287,8 +1291,11 @@
                  resolved_klass()->external_name());
     THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IncompatibleClassChangeError(), buf);
   }
+
   // do lookup based on receiver klass
   methodHandle sel_method;
+  // This search must match the linktime preparation search for itable initialization
+  // to correctly enforce loader constraints for interface method inheritance
   lookup_instance_method_in_klasses(sel_method, recv_klass,
             resolved_method->name(),
             resolved_method->signature(), CHECK);