--- old/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java	2015-01-07 17:35:17.818480945 -0800
+++ new/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java	2015-01-07 17:35:17.718480945 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2015, 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
@@ -1541,15 +1541,17 @@
             // The method wasn't found: emit a warning and recover
             JavaFileObject prevSource = log.useSource(requestingOwner.classfile);
             try {
-                if (failure == null) {
-                    log.warning("annotation.method.not.found",
-                                container,
-                                name);
-                } else {
-                    log.warning("annotation.method.not.found.reason",
-                                container,
-                                name,
-                                failure.getDetailValue());//diagnostic, if present
+                if (lintClassfile) {
+                    if (failure == null) {
+                        log.warning("annotation.method.not.found",
+                                    container,
+                                    name);
+                    } else {
+                        log.warning("annotation.method.not.found.reason",
+                                    container,
+                                    name,
+                                    failure.getDetailValue()); //diagnostic, if present
+                    }
                 }
             } finally {
                 log.useSource(prevSource);