diff -r 4721674bb051 -r a12a9932f649 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Wed Nov 26 13:59:04 2014 -0800
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Mon Sep 22 14:55:14 2014 +0200
@@ -3226,8 +3226,9 @@
                 elt = ((ArrayType)elt.unannotatedType()).elemtype;
             if (elt.hasTag(TYPEVAR)) {
                 log.error(tree.pos(), "type.var.cant.be.deref");
-                result = types.createErrorType(tree.type);
-                return;
+                result = tree.type = types.createErrorType(tree.name, site.tsym, site);
+                tree.sym = tree.type.tsym;
+                return ;
             }
         }