--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Thu Oct 17 10:58:45 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Thu Oct 17 23:30:17 2013 -0400
@@ -2439,19 +2439,19 @@
              && !ref_class_type.equals(current_type())
              && !ref_class_type.equals(VerificationType::reference_type(
                   current_class()->super()->name()))) {
-    bool subtype = ref_class_type.is_assignable_from(
-      current_type(), this, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+    bool subtype = false;
+    if (!current_class()->is_anonymous()) {
+      subtype = ref_class_type.is_assignable_from(
+                 current_type(), this, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+    } else {
+      subtype = ref_class_type.is_assignable_from(VerificationType::reference_type(
+                 current_class()->host_klass()->name()), this, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+    }
     if (!subtype) {
-      if (current_class()->is_anonymous()) {
-        subtype = ref_class_type.is_assignable_from(VerificationType::reference_type(
-                   current_class()->host_klass()->name()), this, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
-      }
-      if (!subtype) {
-        verify_error(ErrorContext::bad_code(bci),
-            "Bad invokespecial instruction: "
-            "current class isn't assignable to reference class.");
-         return;
-      }
+      verify_error(ErrorContext::bad_code(bci),
+          "Bad invokespecial instruction: "
+          "current class isn't assignable to reference class.");
+       return;
     }
   }
   // Match method descriptor with operand stack
@@ -2470,17 +2470,13 @@
         if (!current_class()->is_anonymous()) {
           current_frame->pop_stack(current_type(), CHECK_VERIFY(this));
         } else {
-          // anonymous class invokespecial calls: either the
-          // operand stack/objectref  is a subtype of the current class OR
-          // the objectref is a subtype of the host_klass of the current class
+          // anonymous class invokespecial calls: check if the
+          // objectref is a subtype of the host_klass of the current class
           // to allow an anonymous class to reference methods in the host_klass
           VerificationType top = current_frame->pop_stack(CHECK_VERIFY(this));
-          bool subtype = current_type().is_assignable_from(top, this, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
-          if (!subtype) {
-            VerificationType hosttype =
-              VerificationType::reference_type(current_class()->host_klass()->name());
-            subtype = hosttype.is_assignable_from(top, this, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
-          }
+          VerificationType hosttype =
+            VerificationType::reference_type(current_class()->host_klass()->name());
+          bool subtype = hosttype.is_assignable_from(top, this, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
           if (!subtype) {
             verify_error( ErrorContext::bad_type(current_frame->offset(),
               current_frame->stack_top_ctx(),