diff -r a36fce70b505 -r d560276b8a35 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Wed Sep 03 13:20:04 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Wed Sep 10 10:50:59 2014 +0100
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
      *  @param env    The current environment.
      */
     boolean isAssignableAsBlankFinal(VarSymbol v, Env<AttrContext> env) {
-        Symbol owner = owner(env);
+        Symbol owner = env.info.scope.owner;
            // owner refers to the innermost variable, method or
            // initializer block declaration at this point.
         return
@@ -302,41 +302,6 @@
              ((v.flags() & STATIC) != 0) == Resolve.isStatic(env));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Return the innermost enclosing owner symbol in a given attribution context
-     */
-    Symbol owner(Env<AttrContext> env) {
-        while (true) {
-            switch (env.tree.getTag()) {
-                case VARDEF:
-                    //a field can be owner
-                    VarSymbol vsym = ((JCVariableDecl)env.tree).sym;
-                    if (vsym.owner.kind == TYP) {
-                        return vsym;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                case METHODDEF:
-                    //method def is always an owner
-                    return ((JCMethodDecl)env.tree).sym;
-                case CLASSDEF:
-                    //class def is always an owner
-                    return ((JCClassDecl)env.tree).sym;
-                case BLOCK:
-                    //static/instance init blocks are owner
-                    Symbol blockSym = env.info.scope.owner;
-                    if ((blockSym.flags() & BLOCK) != 0) {
-                        return blockSym;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                case TOPLEVEL:
-                    //toplevel is always an owner (for pkge decls)
-                    return env.info.scope.owner;
-            }
-            Assert.checkNonNull(env.next);
-            env = env.next;
-        }
-    }
-
     /** Check that variable can be assigned to.
      *  @param pos    The current source code position.
      *  @param v      The assigned varaible
@@ -3660,7 +3625,7 @@
             // and are subject to definite assignment checking.
             if ((env.info.enclVar == v || v.pos > tree.pos) &&
                 v.owner.kind == TYP &&
-                canOwnInitializer(owner(env)) &&
+                enclosingInitEnv(env) != null &&
                 v.owner == env.info.scope.owner.enclClass() &&
                 ((v.flags() & STATIC) != 0) == Resolve.isStatic(env) &&
                 (!env.tree.hasTag(ASSIGN) ||
@@ -3680,6 +3645,36 @@
         }
 
         /**
+         * Returns the enclosing init environment associated with this env (if any). An init env
+         * can be either a field declaration env or a static/instance initializer env.
+         */
+        Env<AttrContext> enclosingInitEnv(Env<AttrContext> env) {
+            while (true) {
+                switch (env.tree.getTag()) {
+                    case VARDEF:
+                        JCVariableDecl vdecl = (JCVariableDecl)env.tree;
+                        if (vdecl.sym.owner.kind == TYP) {
+                            //field
+                            return env;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    case BLOCK:
+                        if (env.next.tree.hasTag(CLASSDEF)) {
+                            //instance/static initializer
+                            return env;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    case METHODDEF:
+                    case CLASSDEF:
+                    case TOPLEVEL:
+                        return null;
+                }
+                Assert.checkNonNull(env.next);
+                env = env.next;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
          * Check for illegal references to static members of enum.  In
          * an enum type, constructors and initializers may not
          * reference its static members unless they are constant.
@@ -3732,17 +3727,6 @@
                    v.name != names._class;
         }
 
-        /** Can the given symbol be the owner of code which forms part
-         *  if class initialization? This is the case if the symbol is
-         *  a type or field, or if the symbol is the synthetic method.
-         *  owning a block.
-         */
-        private boolean canOwnInitializer(Symbol sym) {
-            return
-                (sym.kind & (VAR | TYP)) != 0 ||
-                (sym.kind == MTH && (sym.flags() & BLOCK) != 0);
-        }
-
     Warner noteWarner = new Warner();
 
     /**