--- old/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.cpp	2014-11-06 13:33:13.756743856 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.cpp	2014-11-06 13:33:13.688743344 -0500
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@
   if (sizes->generic_signature_index() != 0) {
     extra_bytes += sizeof(u2);
   }
-  if (sizes->method_parameters_length() > 0) {
+  // This has to be a less-than-or-equal check, because we might be
+  // storing information from a zero-length MethodParameters
+  // attribute.  We have to store these, because in some cases, they
+  // cause the reflection API to throw a MalformedParametersException.
+  if (sizes->method_parameters_length() >= 0) {
     extra_bytes += sizeof(u2);
     extra_bytes += sizes->method_parameters_length() * sizeof(MethodParametersElement);
   }
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@
     _flags |= _has_linenumber_table;
   if (sizes->generic_signature_index() != 0)
     _flags |= _has_generic_signature;
-  if (sizes->method_parameters_length() > 0)
+  if (sizes->method_parameters_length() >= 0)
     _flags |= _has_method_parameters;
   if (sizes->checked_exceptions_length() > 0)
     _flags |= _has_checked_exceptions;
@@ -272,7 +276,7 @@
   if (sizes->generic_signature_index() != 0)
     *(generic_signature_index_addr()) = sizes->generic_signature_index();
   // New data should probably go here.
-  if (sizes->method_parameters_length() > 0)
+  if (sizes->method_parameters_length() >= 0)
     *(method_parameters_length_addr()) = sizes->method_parameters_length();
   if (sizes->checked_exceptions_length() > 0)
     *(checked_exceptions_length_addr()) = sizes->checked_exceptions_length();
@@ -283,7 +287,7 @@
 }
 
 int ConstMethod::method_parameters_length() const {
-  return has_method_parameters() ? *(method_parameters_length_addr()) : 0;
+  return has_method_parameters() ? *(method_parameters_length_addr()) : -1;
 }
 
 MethodParametersElement* ConstMethod::method_parameters_start() const {