--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp	Thu Oct 16 11:16:01 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp	Thu Oct 16 11:57:39 2014 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
     ik = InstanceKlass::cast(hc);
 
     // There's no way to make a host class loop short of patching memory.
-    // Therefore there cannot be a loop here unles there's another bug.
+    // Therefore there cannot be a loop here unless there's another bug.
     // Still, let's check for it.
     assert(--inf_loop_check > 0, "no host_klass loop");
   }
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@
   if (access.is_protected()) {
     if (!protected_restriction) {
       // See if current_class (or outermost host class) is a subclass of field_class
-      if (host_class->is_subclass_of(field_class)) {
+      // An interface may not access protected members of j.l.Object
+      if (!host_class->is_interface() && host_class->is_subclass_of(field_class)) {
         if (access.is_static() || // static fields are ok, see 6622385
             current_class == resolved_class ||
             field_class == resolved_class ||