--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Wed Dec 23 02:57:31 2009 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Wed Dec 23 03:12:16 2009 -0800
@@ -3755,8 +3755,9 @@
 }
 
 bool ClassFileParser::is_supported_version(u2 major, u2 minor) {
-  u2 max_version = JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk17x_version() ?
-    JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION : JAVA_6_VERSION;
+  u2 max_version =
+    JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk17x_version() ? JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION :
+    (JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk16x_version() ? JAVA_6_VERSION : JAVA_1_5_VERSION);
   return (major >= JAVA_MIN_SUPPORTED_VERSION) &&
          (major <= max_version) &&
          ((major != max_version) ||