--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleNatives.java	2013-09-06 08:48:33.000000000 -0400
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleNatives.java	2013-09-06 08:48:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@
             Lookup lookup = IMPL_LOOKUP.in(callerClass);
             assert(refKindIsValid(refKind));
             return lookup.linkMethodHandleConstant((byte) refKind, defc, name, type);
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+            Error err = new IllegalAccessError(ex.getMessage());
+            // err.initCause(ex);
+            throw err;
         } catch (ReflectiveOperationException ex) {
             Error err = new IncompatibleClassChangeError();
             err.initCause(ex);