--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java	2013-03-21 15:28:45.310113624 +0100
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java	2013-03-21 15:28:45.050108489 +0100
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@
     // currently only two levels deep (i.e., one root Field and
     // potentially many Field objects pointing to it.)
     private Field               root;
-    // This is set by the vm at Field creation
-    private byte[]              typeAnnotations;
 
     // Generics infrastructure
 
@@ -148,7 +146,6 @@
         res.fieldAccessor = fieldAccessor;
         res.overrideFieldAccessor = overrideFieldAccessor;
 
-        res.typeAnnotations = typeAnnotations;
         return res;
     }
 
@@ -1055,6 +1052,8 @@
         return declaredAnnotations;
     }
 
+    private native byte[] getTypeAnnotationBytes0();
+
     /**
      * Returns an AnnotatedType object that represents the use of a type to specify
      * the declared type of the field represented by this Field.
@@ -1062,7 +1061,7 @@
      * @since 1.8
      */
     public AnnotatedType getAnnotatedType() {
-        return TypeAnnotationParser.buildAnnotatedType(typeAnnotations,
+        return TypeAnnotationParser.buildAnnotatedType(getTypeAnnotationBytes0(),
                                                        sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess().
                                                            getConstantPool(getDeclaringClass()),
                                                        this,