--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclint/Checker.java	Wed Jul 17 18:18:45 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclint/Checker.java	Wed Jul 17 19:12:03 2013 -0700
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@
 import javax.lang.model.type.TypeKind;
 import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror;
 import javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind;
+import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;
 
 import com.sun.source.doctree.AttributeTree;
 import com.sun.source.doctree.AuthorTree;
@@ -88,9 +91,9 @@
 public class Checker extends DocTreePathScanner<Void, Void> {
     final Env env;
 
-    Set<Element> foundParams = new HashSet<Element>();
-    Set<TypeMirror> foundThrows = new HashSet<TypeMirror>();
-    Set<String> foundAnchors = new HashSet<String>();
+    Set<Element> foundParams = new HashSet<>();
+    Set<TypeMirror> foundThrows = new HashSet<>();
+    Map<JavaFileObject, Set<String>> foundAnchors = new HashMap<>();
     boolean foundInheritDoc = false;
     boolean foundReturn = false;
 
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@
     Checker(Env env) {
         env.getClass();
         this.env = env;
-        tagStack = new LinkedList<TagStackItem>();
+        tagStack = new LinkedList<>();
         implicitHeaderLevel = env.implicitHeaderLevel;
     }
 
@@ -508,7 +511,7 @@
                             if (!validName.matcher(value).matches()) {
                                 env.messages.error(HTML, tree, "dc.invalid.anchor", value);
                             }
-                            if (!foundAnchors.add(value)) {
+                            if (!checkAnchor(value)) {
                                 env.messages.error(HTML, tree, "dc.anchor.already.defined", value);
                             }
                         }
@@ -551,6 +554,14 @@
         return super.visitAttribute(tree, ignore);
     }
 
+    private boolean checkAnchor(String name) {
+        JavaFileObject fo = env.currPath.getCompilationUnit().getSourceFile();
+        Set<String> set = foundAnchors.get(fo);
+        if (set == null)
+            foundAnchors.put(fo, set = new HashSet<>());
+        return set.add(name);
+    }
+
     // http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-name
     private static final Pattern validName = Pattern.compile("[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-_:.]*");
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/doclint/AnchorTest2.java	Wed Jul 17 19:12:03 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 8020313
+ * @summary doclint doesn't reset HTML anchors correctly
+ * @build DocLintTester
+ * @run main DocLintTester -ref AnchorTest2.out AnchorTest2.java AnchorTest2a.java
+ * @run main DocLintTester -ref AnchorTest2.out AnchorTest2a.java AnchorTest2.java
+ */
+
+/** */
+public class AnchorTest2 {
+    /** <a name="AnchorTest2"> </a> */
+    public void a_name_AnchorTest2() { }
+
+    /** <a name="AnchorTest2"> </a> */
+    public void a_name_AnchorTest2_already_defined() { }
+
+    /** <a name="AnchorTest2a"> </a> */
+    public void a_name_AnchorTest2a_defined_in_other_file() { }
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/doclint/AnchorTest2.out	Wed Jul 17 19:12:03 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+AnchorTest2.java:15: error: anchor already defined: AnchorTest2
+    /** <a name="AnchorTest2"> </a> */
+           ^
+1 error

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/doclint/AnchorTest2a.java	Wed Jul 17 19:12:03 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* /nodynamiccopyright/ */
+
+/**
+ * <a name="AnchorTest2a"> </a>
+ */
+public class AnchorTest2a { }
+