Selection of a method to invoke via invokeinterface involves a search for "an instance method with the same name and descriptor as the resolved method" (per JVMS). Yet this search is matching the private static method Object.registerNatives.

Test:

interface I { public void registerNatives(); }
class C implements I {} // compiled separately
class Test {
  public static void main(String... args) {
    I i = new C(); i.registerNatives();
  }
}

Expected: AME (or, if I.registerNatives is a default method, invoke that method)
Actual: IAE (prior to JDK-8024804, a crash)

This is related to JDK-8024804, but note that that bug is about _resolution_, not _selection_.