--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/org/objectweb/asm/util/CheckMethodAdapter.java	Fri Oct 27 09:24:54 2017
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/org/objectweb/asm/util/CheckMethodAdapter.java	Fri Oct 27 09:24:53 2017
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
      */
     public CheckMethodAdapter(final MethodVisitor mv,
             final Map<Label, Integer> labels) {
-        this(Opcodes.ASM5, mv, labels);
+        this(Opcodes.ASM6, mv, labels);
         if (getClass() != CheckMethodAdapter.class) {
             throw new IllegalStateException();
         }
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@
      *
      * @param api
      *            the ASM API version implemented by this CheckMethodAdapter.
-     *            Must be one of {@link Opcodes#ASM4} or {@link Opcodes#ASM5}.
+     *            Must be one of {@link Opcodes#ASM4}, {@link Opcodes#ASM5}
+     *            or {@link Opcodes#ASM6}.
      * @param mv
      *            the method visitor to which this adapter must delegate calls.
      * @param labels
@@ -756,6 +757,12 @@
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                     "INVOKEINTERFACE can't be used with classes");
         }
+        if (opcode == Opcodes.INVOKESPECIAL && itf
+                && (version & 0xFFFF) < Opcodes.V1_8) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "INVOKESPECIAL can't be used with interfaces prior to Java 8");
+        }
+
         // Calling super.visitMethodInsn requires to call the correct version
         // depending on this.api (otherwise infinite loops can occur). To
         // simplify and to make it easier to automatically remove the backward