1.1 --- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Annotate.java	Fri Sep 22 13:10:06 2017 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Annotate.java	Fri Sep 22 16:50:49 2017 +0200
     1.3 @@ -463,10 +463,14 @@
     1.4  
     1.5          boolean elidedValue = false;
     1.6          // special case: elided "value=" assumed
     1.7 -        if (args.length() == 1 && !args.head.hasTag(ASSIGN)) {
     1.8 -            args.head = make.at(Position.NOPOS).
     1.9 -                    Assign(make.Ident(names.value), args.head);
    1.10 -            elidedValue = true;
    1.11 +        if (args.length() == 1) {
    1.12 +            if (!args.head.hasTag(ASSIGN)) {
    1.13 +                args.head = make.at(Position.NOPOS).
    1.14 +                        Assign(make.Ident(names.value), args.head);
    1.15 +                elidedValue = true;
    1.16 +            } else if (args.head.pos == Position.NOPOS) {
    1.17 +                elidedValue = true;
    1.18 +            }
    1.19          }
    1.20  
    1.21          ListBuffer<Pair<MethodSymbol,Attribute>> buf = new ListBuffer<>();