diff -r 523ce6a60abb src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/LambdaToMethod.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/LambdaToMethod.java	Wed Jan 09 20:34:20 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/LambdaToMethod.java	Sun Jan 13 10:15:36 2013 -0800
@@ -1674,11 +1674,11 @@
                 }
                 boolean inInterface = translatedSym.owner.isInterface();
                 boolean thisReferenced = !getSymbolMap(CAPTURED_THIS).isEmpty();
-                boolean needInstance = thisReferenced || inInterface;
+                boolean needInstance = thisReferenced;
 
                 // If instance access isn't needed, make it static
                 // Interface methods much be public default methods, otherwise make it private
-                translatedSym.flags_field = SYNTHETIC | (needInstance? 0 : STATIC) | (inInterface? PUBLIC | DEFAULT : PRIVATE);
+                translatedSym.flags_field = SYNTHETIC | PRIVATE | (needInstance? (inInterface? DEFAULT : 0) : STATIC);
 
                 //compute synthetic params
                 ListBuffer<JCVariableDecl> params = ListBuffer.lb();
diff -r 523ce6a60abb src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Pool.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Pool.java	Wed Jan 09 20:34:20 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Pool.java	Sun Jan 13 10:15:36 2013 -0800
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@
                     expectedKind = Kinds.MTH;
                     break;
                 case ClassFile.REF_invokeStatic:
+                    interfaceOwner = true; // Beginning in JDK 8
                     staticOk = true;
                 case ClassFile.REF_invokeVirtual:
                 case ClassFile.REF_invokeSpecial: