--- 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
--- /dev/null	2015-04-27 08:32:15.174247989 -0400
+++ new/test/runtime/classFileParserBug/EnclosingMethod.java	2015-07-08 08:04:35.979303288 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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
+ * @bug 8130183
+ * @summary For InnerClasses attribute, VM permits inner_class_info_index value of zero
+ * @compile badEnclMthd.jcod
+ * @run main/othervm -Xverify:all EnclosingMethod
+ */
+
+// Test that an EnclosingMethod attribute with the value of 0 causes a ClassFormatError.
+public class EnclosingMethod {
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {
+
+        System.out.println("Regression test for bug 8130183");
+        try {
+            Class newClass = Class.forName("badEnclMthd");
+            throw new RuntimeException("Expected ClassFormatError exception not thrown");
+        } catch (java.lang.ClassFormatError e) {
+            System.out.println("Test EnclosingMethod passed");
+        }
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2015-04-27 08:32:15.174247989 -0400
+++ new/test/runtime/classFileParserBug/badEnclMthd.jcod	2015-07-08 08:04:44.076501081 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+// Source: badEnclMthd
+class badEnclMthd {
+    0xCAFEBABE;
+    0; // minor version
+    50; // major version
+    [] { // Constant Pool
+        ; // first element is empty
+        Utf8 "badEnclMthd"; // #1
+        class #1; // #2
+        Utf8 "java/lang/Object"; // #3
+        class #3; // #4
+        Utf8 "InnerClasses"; // #5
+        Utf8 "badEnclMthd"; // #6
+        class #6; // #7
+        Utf8 "badEnclMthd"; // #8
+        class #8; // #9
+    } // Constant Pool
+    0x0001; // access  public
+    #2;// this_cpx
+    #4;// super_cpx
+    [] { // interfaces
+    } // interfaces
+    [] { // fields
+    } // fields
+    [] { // methods
+    } // methods
+    [] { // attributes
+        Attr(#5) { // InnerClasses
+            [] { // InnerClasses
+                #0 #2 #6 1;  // Bad inner_class_info_index of 0 !!!
+                #9 #0 #8 1;
+            }
+        } // end InnerClasses
+        ;
+    } // attributes
+} // end class badEnclMthd