src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/util/VerifyAccess.java

@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@
      * reference of a given reference class, is really visible to that class.
      * @param type the supposed type of a member or symbolic reference of refc
      * @param refc the class attempting to make the reference
      */
     public static boolean isTypeVisible(Class<?> type, Class<?> refc) {
-        if (type == refc) {
+        if (type.asBoxType() == refc.asBoxType()) {
             return true;  // easy check
         }
         while (type.isArray())  type = type.getComponentType();
         if (type.isPrimitive() || type == Object.class) {
             return true;

@@ -293,11 +293,11 @@
                         } catch (ClassNotFoundException | LinkageError e) {
                             return null; // Assume the class is not found
                         }
                     }
             });
-        return (type == res);
+        return (type.asBoxType() == res);
     }
 
     /**
      * Decide if the given method type, attributed to a member or symbolic
      * reference of a given reference class, is really visible to that class.