diff -r 7b35e546ba31 -r 4638c4d7ff10 src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Fri Jan 24 00:20:37 2014 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Fri Jan 24 08:13:42 2014 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -4500,8 +4500,8 @@
             break; // didn't find any match; get out
           }
 
-          if (super_m->is_final() &&
-              // matching method in super is final
+          if (super_m->is_final() && !super_m->is_static() &&
+              // matching method in super is final, and not static
               (Reflection::verify_field_access(this_klass(),
                                                super_m->method_holder(),
                                                super_m->method_holder(),