--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java	Thu Nov 29 18:57:18 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java	Fri Nov 30 10:37:48 2018 +0530
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@
         class AnnotationValidator extends TreeScanner {
             @Override
             public void visitAnnotation(JCAnnotation tree) {
-                if (!tree.type.isErroneous()) {
+                if (!tree.type.isErroneous() && tree.type.tsym.isAnnotationType()) {
                     super.visitAnnotation(tree);
                     validateAnnotation(tree);
                 }