diff -r 3d755b8cdef8 -r 327122b01a9e src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java	Wed May 07 21:33:15 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java	Tue May 06 15:46:09 2014 -0600
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
          } else if (a.isExtendsBound()) {
              return types.isCastable(bound, types.upperBound(a), types.noWarnings);
          } else if (a.isSuperBound()) {
-             return !types.notSoftSubtype(types.lowerBound(a), bound);
+             return !types.notSoftSubtype(types.wildLowerBound(a), bound);
          }
          return true;
      }
@@ -2685,7 +2685,7 @@
         if (types.isSameType(type, syms.stringType)) return;
         if ((type.tsym.flags() & Flags.ENUM) != 0) return;
         if ((type.tsym.flags() & Flags.ANNOTATION) != 0) return;
-        if (types.lowerBound(type).tsym == syms.classType.tsym) return;
+        if (types.cvarLowerBound(type).tsym == syms.classType.tsym) return;
         if (types.isArray(type) && !types.isArray(types.elemtype(type))) {
             validateAnnotationType(pos, types.elemtype(type));
             return;