diff -r f989aff6946f -r 927a311d00f9 src/share/vm/runtime/fieldDescriptor.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/fieldDescriptor.cpp	Fri Feb 08 16:56:03 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/fieldDescriptor.cpp	Mon Feb 11 14:06:22 2013 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, 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
@@ -67,13 +67,10 @@
 
 AnnotationArray* fieldDescriptor::type_annotations() const {
   InstanceKlass* ik = field_holder();
-  Annotations* type_annos = ik->type_annotations();
+  Array<AnnotationArray*>* type_annos = ik->fields_type_annotations();
   if (type_annos == NULL)
     return NULL;
-  Array<AnnotationArray*>* md = type_annos->fields_annotations();
-  if (md == NULL)
-    return NULL;
-  return md->at(index());
+  return type_annos->at(index());
 }
 
 constantTag fieldDescriptor::initial_value_tag() const {