--- old/test/runtime/Nestmates/privateConstructors/TestInvokeSpecial.java	2017-09-15 01:42:06.697541239 -0400
+++ new/test/runtime/Nestmates/privateConstructors/TestInvokeSpecial.java	2017-09-15 01:42:04.789432751 -0400
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@
  * @bug 8046171
  * @summary Test access to private constructors between nestmates and nest-top
  *          using different flavours of named nested types that will
- *          generate invokespecial for the calls
+ *          generate invokespecial for the calls. The -Xcomp run is a special
+ *          regression test for a compiler assertion that would fire when
+ *          "loading" a nest-top class.
  * @compile -XDdisablePrivateAccessors TestInvokeSpecial.java
  * @run main TestInvokeSpecial
+ * @run main/othervm -Xcomp TestInvokeSpecial
  */
 
 public class TestInvokeSpecial {