diff -r c9eeaca948fd -r 4f5a54933d4d hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Sun Oct 13 21:14:04 2013 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Thu Oct 17 14:20:57 2013 -0700
@@ -4080,8 +4080,7 @@
 
     // Generate any default methods - default methods are interface methods
     // that have a default implementation.  This is new with Lambda project.
-    if (has_default_methods && !access_flags.is_interface() &&
-        local_interfaces->length() > 0) {
+    if (has_default_methods && !access_flags.is_interface() ) {
       DefaultMethods::generate_default_methods(
           this_klass(), &all_mirandas, CHECK_(nullHandle));
     }