--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Mon Apr 23 14:26:15 2012 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Thu May 03 15:57:16 2012 -0400
@@ -1880,10 +1880,10 @@
   VerificationType type = current_frame->pop_stack(
     VerificationType::reference_check(), CHECK_VERIFY(this));
   if (type == VerificationType::uninitialized_this_type()) {
-    // The method must be an <init> method of either this class, or one of its
-    // superclasses
+    // The method must be an <init> method of this class or its superclass
+    klassOop superk = current_class()->super();
     if (ref_class_type.name() != current_class()->name() &&
-        !name_in_supers(ref_class_type.name(), current_class())) {
+        ref_class_type.name() != superk->klass_part()->name()) {
       verify_error(bci, "Bad <init> method call");
       return;
     }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/runtime/7160757/Test7160757.java	Thu May 03 15:57:16 2012 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test Test7160757.java
+ * @bug 7160757
+ * @summary Tests that superclass initialization is not skipped
+ */
+
+public class Test7160757 {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+
+        ClassLoader loader = new SLoader();
+        try {
+            Class.forName("S", true, loader);
+            System.out.println("FAILED");
+            throw new Exception("Should have thrown a VerifyError.");
+        } catch (VerifyError e) {
+            System.out.println(e);
+            System.out.println("PASSED");
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class SLoader extends ClassLoader {
+
+        /**
+         * public class S extends Throwable {
+         *     public S() {
+         *         aload_0
+         *         invokespecial Object.<init>()
+         *         return
+         *     }
+         * }
+         */
+        static byte b(int i) { return (byte)i; }
+        static byte S_class[] = {
+            b(0xca), b(0xfe), b(0xba), b(0xbe), 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x32,
+            0x00, 0x0c, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x07, 0x07,
+            0x00, 0x08, 0x07, 0x00, 0x09, 0x01, 0x00, 0x06,
+            0x3c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x69, 0x74, 0x3e, 0x01, 0x00,
+            0x03, 0x28, 0x29, 0x56, 0x01, 0x00, 0x04, 0x43,
+            0x6f, 0x64, 0x65, 0x0c, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x05,
+            0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x53, 0x01, 0x00, 0x13, 0x6a,
+            0x61, 0x76, 0x61, 0x2f, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x67,
+            0x2f, 0x54, 0x68, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x61, 0x62,
+            0x6c, 0x65, 0x01, 0x00, 0x10, 0x6a, 0x61, 0x76,
+            0x61, 0x2f, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x67, 0x2f, 0x4f,
+            0x62, 0x6a, 0x65, 0x63, 0x74, 0x07, 0x00, 0x0a,
+            0x00, 0x21, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x04,
+            0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x00, 0x11, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00,
+            0x00, 0x05, 0x2a, b(0xb7), 0x00, 0x01, b(0xb1), 0x00,
+            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
+        };
+
+        public Class findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+            return defineClass(name, S_class, 0, S_class.length);
+        }
+    }
+}