diff -r 32eb45c44fc8 -r 567c159ce16f langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Annotate.java
--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Annotate.java	Wed Jun 28 14:46:18 2017 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Annotate.java	Thu Jun 29 07:19:44 2017 -0700
@@ -630,6 +630,13 @@
             }
         }
 
+        // Class literals look like field accesses of a field named class
+        // at the tree level
+        if (TreeInfo.name(tree) != names._class) {
+            log.error(tree.pos(), Errors.AnnotationValueMustBeClassLiteral);
+            return new Attribute.Error(syms.errType);
+        }
+
         return new Attribute.Class(types,
                 (((JCFieldAccess) tree).selected).type);
     }