--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/main/JavaCompiler.java	Tue Oct 12 12:55:38 2010 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/main/JavaCompiler.java	Tue Oct 12 13:15:46 2010 -0700
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
 
     protected boolean shouldStop(CompileState cs) {
         if (shouldStopPolicy == null)
-            return (errorCount() > 0);
+            return (errorCount() > 0 || unrecoverableError());
         else
             return cs.ordinal() > shouldStopPolicy.ordinal();
     }