--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/AbstractValidatingLambdaMetafactory.java	2018-11-15 20:46:07.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/AbstractValidatingLambdaMetafactory.java	2018-11-15 20:46:05.000000000 -0800
@@ -143,8 +143,16 @@
             case REF_invokeSpecial:
                 // JDK-8172817: should use referenced class here, but we don't know what it was
                 this.implClass = implInfo.getDeclaringClass();
-                this.implKind = REF_invokeSpecial;
                 this.implIsInstanceMethod = true;
+
+                // invokespecial should only be used to invoke private nestmate constructors.
+                // For private nestmate instance methods, it should use invokevirtual or
+                // invokeinterface; otherwise, the generated class may fail verification.
+                if (targetClass.isNestmateOf(implClass) && !implInfo.getName().equals("<init>")) { 
+                    this.implKind = implClass.isInterface() ? REF_invokeInterface : REF_invokeVirtual;
+                } else {
+                    this.implKind = REF_invokeSpecial;
+                }
                 break;
             case REF_invokeStatic:
             case REF_newInvokeSpecial: