--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Gen.java	Thu Sep 01 14:35:59 2011 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Gen.java	Fri Sep 02 07:54:16 2011 -0700
@@ -1689,6 +1689,8 @@
         // outer instance of a super(...) call appears as first parameter).
         genArgs(tree.args,
                 TreeInfo.symbol(tree.meth).externalType(types).getParameterTypes());
+        code.statBegin(tree.pos);
+        code.markStatBegin();
         result = m.invoke();
     }
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/jvm/T7024096.java	Fri Sep 02 07:54:16 2011 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * @test  /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 7024096
+ * @summary Stack trace has invalid line numbers
+ * @author Bruce Chapman
+ * @compile T7024096.java
+ * @run main T7024096
+ */
+
+public class T7024096 {
+    private static final int START = 14; // starting line number for the test
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        T7024096 m = new T7024096();
+        m.nest(START);
+        m.nest(START + 1, m.nest(START + 1), m.nest(START + 1),
+            m.nest(START + 2),
+            m.nest(START + 3, m.nest(START + 3)));
+    }
+
+    public T7024096 nest(int expectedline, T7024096... args) {
+        Exception e = new Exception("expected line#: " + expectedline);
+        int myline = e.getStackTrace()[1].getLineNumber();
+        if( myline != expectedline) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Incorrect line number " +
+                    "expected: " + expectedline +
+                    ", got: " + myline, e);
+        }
+        System.out.format("Got expected line number %d correct %n", myline);
+        return null;
+    }
+}