diff -r 073696f59241 -r 2154ed9ff6c8 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Tue Feb 12 13:36:56 2013 +0000
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Tue Feb 12 19:25:09 2013 +0000
@@ -4152,7 +4152,9 @@
         }
 
     private Type capture(Type type) {
-        return types.capture(type);
+        //do not capture free types
+        return resultInfo.checkContext.inferenceContext().free(type) ?
+                type : types.capture(type);
     }
 
     private void validateTypeAnnotations(JCTree tree) {