--- a/src/jdk.scripting.nashorn/share/classes/jdk/nashorn/internal/parser/Parser.java	Mon Sep 25 20:32:44 2017 +0530
+++ b/src/jdk.scripting.nashorn/share/classes/jdk/nashorn/internal/parser/Parser.java	Tue Sep 26 07:00:43 2017 +0530
@@ -2053,10 +2053,18 @@
             if (outer != null) {
                 restoreBlock(outer);
                 if (body != null) {
+                    List<Statement> statements = new ArrayList<>();
+                    for (final Statement var : outer.getStatements()) {
+                        if(var instanceof VarNode && !((VarNode)var).isBlockScoped()) {
+                            appendStatement(var);
+                        }else {
+                            statements.add(var);
+                        }
+                    }
                     appendStatement(new BlockStatement(forLine, new Block(
                                     outer.getToken(),
                                     body.getFinish(),
-                                    outer.getStatements())));
+                                    statements)));
                 }
             }
         }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/nashorn/script/basic/es6/JDK-8185257.js	Tue Sep 26 07:00:43 2017 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * JDK-8185257: Nashorn AST is missing nodes when a for-loop contains a VariableDeclarationList
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @run
+ * @fork
+ */
+
+var ASTVisitor = Java.type("jdk.nashorn.test.models.ES6ASTVisitor");
+var testcode = "for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {\n print(i);\n}\n";
+ASTVisitor.visit(testcode);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/nashorn/script/basic/es6/JDK-8185257.js.EXPECTED	Tue Sep 26 07:00:43 2017 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+5-14 VARIABLE
+0-44 FOR_LOOP

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/nashorn/src/jdk/nashorn/test/nashorn/models/ES6ASTVisitor.java	Tue Sep 26 07:00:43 2017 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package jdk.nashorn.test.models;
+
+import jdk.nashorn.api.tree.SimpleTreeVisitorES6;
+import jdk.nashorn.api.tree.*;
+
+public class ES6ASTVisitor{
+
+        public static void visit(String script) {
+                DiagnosticListener listener = (Diagnostic diag) -> { System.err.println(diag.toString()); };
+                Parser parser = Parser.create("--language=es6","--empty-statements");
+                Tree astRoot = parser.parse("unknown", script, listener);
+                astRoot.accept(new SimpleTreeVisitorES6<Boolean, Void>() {
+                        @Override
+                        public Boolean visitCompilationUnit(CompilationUnitTree stmt, Void none) {
+                                for (Tree item : stmt.getSourceElements()) {
+                                        System.out.println(item.getStartPosition() + "-" + item.getEndPosition() + " " + item.getKind());
+                                }
+                                return super.visitCompilationUnit(stmt, none);
+                        }
+
+                }, null);
+
+        }
+
+}
+