--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/SymbolMetadata.java	Tue Oct 15 22:15:35 2013 +0200
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/SymbolMetadata.java	Tue Oct 15 15:57:13 2013 -0700
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
             super(on.type, List.<Pair<Symbol.MethodSymbol, Attribute>>nil(),
                     ctx.isTypeCompound ?
                             ((Attribute.TypeCompound)placeholderFor.head).position :
-                                null);
+                                new TypeAnnotationPosition());
             this.ctx = ctx;
             this.placeholderFor = placeholderFor;
             this.on = on;