--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java	Fri May 24 04:18:18 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java	Tue Jul 02 09:14:51 2019 +0200
@@ -775,9 +775,9 @@
 
     public JCExpression unannotatedType(boolean allowVar) {
         JCExpression result = term(TYPE);
-        Name restrictedTypeName;
-
-        if (!allowVar && (restrictedTypeName = restrictedTypeName(result, true)) != null) {
+        Name restrictedTypeName = restrictedTypeName(result, !allowVar);
+
+        if (restrictedTypeName != null && (!allowVar || restrictedTypeName != names.var)) {
             syntaxError(result.pos, Errors.RestrictedTypeNotAllowedHere(restrictedTypeName));
         }