--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/util/RichDiagnosticFormatter.java	Fri Nov 16 18:27:36 2012 +0000
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/util/RichDiagnosticFormatter.java	Sat Nov 17 19:01:03 2012 +0000
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@
                     bound = ((ErrorType)bound).getOriginalType();
                 //retrieve the bound list - if the type variable
                 //has not been attributed the bound is not set
-                List<Type> bounds = bound != null ?
+                List<Type> bounds = (bound != null) &&
+                        (bound.hasTag(CLASS) || bound.hasTag(TYPEVAR)) ?
                     types.getBounds(t) :
                     List.<Type>nil();