--- old/src/hotspot/share/oops/klassVtable.cpp	2017-12-04 09:20:27.259695060 -0500
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/oops/klassVtable.cpp	2017-12-04 09:20:27.072895171 -0500
@@ -454,8 +454,11 @@
     } else {
       super_method = method_at(i);
     }
-    // Check if method name matches
-    if (super_method->name() == name && super_method->signature() == signature) {
+    // Check if method name matches.  Ignore match if klass is an interface and the
+    // matching method is a non-public java.lang.Object method.  (See JVMS 5.4.3.4)
+    if (super_method->name() == name && super_method->signature() == signature &&
+        (!_klass->is_interface() ||
+         !SystemDictionary::is_nonpublic_Object_method(super_method))) {
 
       // get super_klass for method_holder for the found method
       InstanceKlass* super_klass =  super_method->method_holder();
@@ -800,8 +803,12 @@
 
   for (const Klass* cursuper = super; cursuper != NULL; cursuper = cursuper->super())
   {
-     if (InstanceKlass::cast(cursuper)->find_local_method(name, signature,
-           Klass::find_overpass, Klass::skip_static, Klass::skip_private) != NULL) {
+     Method* found_mth = InstanceKlass::cast(cursuper)->find_local_method(name, signature,
+           Klass::find_overpass, Klass::skip_static, Klass::skip_private);
+     // Continue looking if found_mth is a non-public method in java.lang.Object
+     // because such methods are skipped over during interface method resolution
+     // and may 'mask' an actual miranda method.
+     if (found_mth != NULL && !SystemDictionary::is_nonpublic_Object_method(found_mth)) {
        return false;
      }
   }