--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/MethodDescriptor.java	Mon Apr 21 16:32:41 2014 +0400
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/MethodDescriptor.java	Mon Apr 21 20:59:59 2014 +0400
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@
                 : null;
     }
 
+    private static Method resolve(Method oldMethod, Method newMethod) {
+        if (oldMethod == null) {
+            return newMethod;
+        }
+        if (newMethod == null) {
+            return oldMethod;
+        }
+        return !oldMethod.isSynthetic() && newMethod.isSynthetic() ? oldMethod : newMethod;
+    }
+
     /*
      * Package-private constructor
      * Merge two method descriptors.  Where they conflict, give the
@@ -173,8 +183,7 @@
     MethodDescriptor(MethodDescriptor x, MethodDescriptor y) {
         super(x, y);
 
-        Method method = y.methodRef.get();
-        this.methodRef.set(null != method ? method : x.methodRef.get());
+        this.methodRef.set(resolve(x.methodRef.get(), y.methodRef.get()));
         params = x.params;
         if (y.params != null) {
             params = y.params;

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/beans/Introspector/Test8040656.java	Mon Apr 21 20:59:59 2014 +0400
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+ */
+
+import java.beans.Introspector;
+import java.beans.MethodDescriptor;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8040656
+ * @summary Tests that a normal method is preferred to a synthetic one
+ * @author Sergey Malenkov
+ */
+
+public class Test8040656 {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        test(String.class, C.class);
+        test(String.class, C1.class);
+        test(String.class, C2.class);
+        test(String.class, C3.class);
+        test(String.class, C4.class);
+        test(String.class, C5.class);
+        test(String.class, C6.class);
+        test(String.class, C7.class);
+        test(String.class, C8.class);
+        test(String.class, C9.class);
+    }
+
+    private static void test(Class<?> type, Class<?> bean) throws Exception {
+        for (MethodDescriptor md : Introspector.getBeanInfo(bean).getMethodDescriptors()) {
+            if (md.getName().equals("getFoo")) {
+                if (type != md.getMethod().getReturnType()) {
+                    throw new Error("unexpected type");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public interface A {
+        public Object getFoo();
+    }
+
+    public class C implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class C1 implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo1() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class C2 implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo1() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo2() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class C3 implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo1() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo2() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo3() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class C4 implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo1() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo2() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo3() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo4() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class C5 implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo1() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo2() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo3() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo4() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo5() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class C6 implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo1() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo2() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo3() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo4() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo5() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo6() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class C7 implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo1() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo2() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo3() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo4() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo5() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo6() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo7() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class C8 implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo1() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo2() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo3() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo4() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo5() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo6() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo7() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo8() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class C9 implements A {
+        @Override
+        public String getFoo() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo1() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo2() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo3() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo4() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo5() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo6() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo7() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo8() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String getFoo9() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}