--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Fri Jun 04 17:33:25 2010 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Thu Jun 10 09:29:23 2010 +0100
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@
                 attribStat(l.head, localEnv);
             }
 
+            chk.checkVarargMethodDecl(tree);
+
             // Check that type parameters are well-formed.
             chk.validate(tree.typarams, localEnv);
             if ((owner.flags() & ANNOTATION) != 0 &&
@@ -2634,10 +2636,11 @@
             }
             if (useVarargs) {
                 JCTree tree = env.tree;
+                Type argtype = owntype.getParameterTypes().last();
                 if (owntype.getReturnType().tag != FORALL || warned) {
-                    chk.checkVararg(env.tree.pos(), owntype.getParameterTypes());
+                    chk.checkVararg(env.tree.pos(), owntype.getParameterTypes(), sym, env);
                 }
-                Type elemtype = types.elemtype(owntype.getParameterTypes().last());
+                Type elemtype = types.elemtype(argtype);
                 switch (tree.getTag()) {
                 case JCTree.APPLY:
                     ((JCMethodInvocation) tree).varargsElement = elemtype;