diff -r 21444610cb92 -r 2373a1f4987c src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.hpp	Thu May 08 17:19:49 2014 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.hpp	Fri May 09 15:21:20 2014 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 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
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@
   // is assignable to another.  Returns true if one can assign 'from' to
   // this.
   bool is_assignable_from(
-      const VerificationType& from, ClassVerifier* context, TRAPS) const {
+      const VerificationType& from, ClassVerifier* context,
+      bool from_field_is_protected, TRAPS) const {
     if (equals(from) || is_bogus()) {
       return true;
     } else {
@@ -286,7 +287,9 @@
           return from.is_integer();
         default:
           if (is_reference() && from.is_reference()) {
-            return is_reference_assignable_from(from, context, CHECK_false);
+            return is_reference_assignable_from(from, context,
+                                                from_field_is_protected,
+                                                CHECK_false);
           } else {
             return false;
           }
@@ -308,7 +311,8 @@
  private:
 
   bool is_reference_assignable_from(
-    const VerificationType&, ClassVerifier*, TRAPS) const;
+    const VerificationType&, ClassVerifier*, bool from_field_is_protected,
+    TRAPS) const;
 };
 
 #endif // SHARE_VM_CLASSFILE_VERIFICATIONTYPE_HPP