--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java	Wed Jul 05 16:44:09 2017 +0200
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java	Wed Nov 26 11:07:07 2008 +0000
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@
                       boolean useVarargs,
                       boolean operator) {
         if (sym.kind == ERR) return bestSoFar;
+        if (!sym.isInheritedIn(site.tsym, types)) return bestSoFar;
         assert sym.kind < AMBIGUOUS;
         try {
             if (rawInstantiate(env, site, sym, argtypes, typeargtypes,