--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java	Thu Dec 04 19:09:29 2014 -0800
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java	Mon Dec 08 11:50:19 2014 +0100
@@ -3067,7 +3067,7 @@
         boolean checkForImports = true;
         boolean firstTypeDecl = true;
         while (token.kind != EOF) {
-            if (token.pos > 0 && token.pos <= endPosTable.errorEndPos) {
+            if (token.pos <= endPosTable.errorEndPos) {
                 // error recovery
                 skip(checkForImports, false, false, false);
                 if (token.kind == EOF)
@@ -4083,7 +4083,7 @@
         /**
          * Store the last error position.
          */
-        protected int errorEndPos;
+        protected int errorEndPos = Position.NOPOS;
 
         public AbstractEndPosTable(JavacParser parser) {
             this.parser = parser;

--- a/langtools/test/tools/javac/parser/JavacParserTest.java	Thu Dec 04 19:09:29 2014 -0800
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/parser/JavacParserTest.java	Mon Dec 08 11:50:19 2014 +0100
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /*
  * @test
- * @bug 7073631 7159445 7156633 8028235
+ * @bug 7073631 7159445 7156633 8028235 8065753
  * @summary tests error and diagnostics positions
  * @author  Jan Lahoda
  */
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@
 import com.sun.source.util.TreeScanner;
 import com.sun.source.util.Trees;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTaskImpl;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
@@ -941,6 +943,19 @@
                      TypeKind.VOID);
     }
 
+    @Test //JDK-8065753
+    void testWrongFirstToken() throws IOException {
+        String code = "<";
+        String expectedErrors = "Test.java:1:1: compiler.err.expected3: class, interface, enum\n" +
+                                "1 error\n";
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        JavacTaskImpl ct = (JavacTaskImpl) tool.getTask(out, fm, null,
+                Arrays.asList("-XDrawDiagnostics"), null, Arrays.asList(new MyFileObject(code)));
+
+        assertEquals("the error code is not correct", Main.Result.ERROR, ct.doCall());
+        assertEquals("the error message is not correct", expectedErrors, out.toString());
+    }
+
     void run(String[] args) throws Exception {
         int passed = 0, failed = 0;
         final Pattern p = (args != null && args.length > 0)