--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Fri Feb 27 11:51:53 2015 +0000
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Fri Feb 27 18:20:33 2015 +0000
@@ -3176,8 +3176,7 @@
         tree.sym = sym;
 
         if (site.hasTag(TYPEVAR) && !isType(sym) && sym.kind != ERR) {
-            while (site.hasTag(TYPEVAR)) site = site.getUpperBound();
-            site = capture(site);
+            site = types.skipTypeVars(site, true);
         }
 
         // If that symbol is a variable, ...