--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Thu Feb 14 13:08:15 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Thu Feb 14 14:33:35 2013 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, 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
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 # include "bytes_ppc.hpp"
 #endif
 
-#define NOFAILOVER_MAJOR_VERSION 51
+#define NOFAILOVER_MAJOR_VERSION                  51
+#define STATIC_METHOD_IN_INTERFACE_MAJOR_VERSION  52
 
 // Access to external entry for VerifyClassCodes - old byte code verifier
 
@@ -2317,6 +2318,11 @@
       types = (1 << JVM_CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref) |
               (1 << JVM_CONSTANT_Methodref);
       break;
+    case Bytecodes::_invokestatic:
+      types = (_klass->major_version() < STATIC_METHOD_IN_INTERFACE_MAJOR_VERSION) ?
+        (1 << JVM_CONSTANT_Methodref) :
+        ((1 << JVM_CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref) | (1 << JVM_CONSTANT_Methodref));
+      break;
     default:
       types = 1 << JVM_CONSTANT_Methodref;
   }