--- old/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	2015-07-08 08:04:18.717600376 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	2015-07-08 08:04:16.632531849 -0400
@@ -2692,8 +2692,7 @@
     // Inner class index
     u2 inner_class_info_index = cfs->get_u2_fast();
     check_property(
-      inner_class_info_index == 0 ||
-        valid_klass_reference_at(inner_class_info_index),
+      valid_klass_reference_at(inner_class_info_index),
       "inner_class_info_index %u has bad constant type in class file %s",
       inner_class_info_index, CHECK_0);
     // Outer class index