--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/annotations.cpp	Wed Dec 19 10:35:08 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/annotations.cpp	Thu Dec 20 10:22:19 2012 +0100
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
   free_contents(loader_data, methods_annotations());
   free_contents(loader_data, methods_parameter_annotations());
   free_contents(loader_data, methods_default_annotations());
+
+  // Recursively deallocate optional Annotations linked through this one
+  MetadataFactory::free_metadata(loader_data, type_annotations());
 }
 
 // Set the annotation at 'idnum' to 'anno'.