diff -r c655e0280bdc -r d6fe0ea070aa src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Thu Aug 19 11:50:50 2010 +0100
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java	Thu Aug 19 11:52:58 2010 +0100
@@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@
 
     public void visitTypeCast(JCTypeCast tree) {
         Type clazztype = attribType(tree.clazz, env);
-        chk.validate(tree.clazz, env);
+        chk.validate(tree.clazz, env, false);
         Type exprtype = attribExpr(tree.expr, env, Infer.anyPoly);
         Type owntype = chk.checkCastable(tree.expr.pos(), exprtype, clazztype);
         if (exprtype.constValue() != null)
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@
             tree.expr.pos(), attribExpr(tree.expr, env));
         Type clazztype = chk.checkReifiableReferenceType(
             tree.clazz.pos(), attribType(tree.clazz, env));
-        chk.validate(tree.clazz, env);
+        chk.validate(tree.clazz, env, false);
         chk.checkCastable(tree.expr.pos(), exprtype, clazztype);
         result = check(tree, syms.booleanType, VAL, pkind, pt);
     }