diff -r 000000000000 -r 959103a6100f test/tools/javac/lambda/MethodReference37.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/lambda/MethodReference37.java	Wed Apr 27 01:34:52 2016 +0800
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+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 8003280
+ * @summary Add lambda tests
+ *  spurious exceptions when checking references to inner constructors where
+ *          the enclosing class is not defined in any outer context
+ * @compile/fail/ref=MethodReference37.out -XDrawDiagnostics MethodReference37.java
+ */
+
+class MethodReference37 {
+
+    interface SAM1<R> {
+        R invoke();
+    }
+
+    interface SAM2<R, A> {
+        R invoke(A a);
+    }
+
+    static class Outer {
+        class Inner { }
+
+        static void test1() {
+            SAM2<Inner, Outer> sam = Inner::new;
+        }
+
+        void test2() {
+            SAM1<Inner> sam0 = Inner::new;
+            SAM2<Inner, Outer> sam1 = Inner::new;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void test1() {
+        SAM2<Outer.Inner, Outer> sam = Outer.Inner::new;
+    }
+
+    void test2() {
+        SAM2<Outer.Inner, Outer> sam1 = Outer.Inner::new;
+    }
+}