diff -r a1b8cf9cf970 -r 4735d2c84362 src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp	Thu Nov 01 13:05:47 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp	Thu Oct 11 12:25:42 2012 -0400
@@ -472,6 +472,12 @@
     return true;
   }
 
+  // Also allow all accesses from
+  // java/lang/invoke/MagicLambdaImpl subclasses to succeed trivially.
+  if (current_class->is_subclass_of(SystemDictionary::lambda_MagicLambdaImpl_klass())) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   return can_relax_access_check_for(current_class, new_class, classloader_only);
 }
 
@@ -564,6 +570,12 @@
     return true;
   }
 
+  // Also allow all accesses from
+  // java/lang/invoke/MagicLambdaImpl subclasses to succeed trivially.
+  if (current_class->is_subclass_of(SystemDictionary::lambda_MagicLambdaImpl_klass())) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   return can_relax_access_check_for(
     current_class, field_class, classloader_only);
 }