diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/beans/finder/BeanInfoFinder.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/beans/finder/BeanInfoFinder.java
index 3e1c37c2d57c17793e949aa0151a6361b61ec6a3..faab85cafa99eb84bd8e1f56ae5bd365775f8755 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/beans/finder/BeanInfoFinder.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/beans/finder/BeanInfoFinder.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public final class BeanInfoFinder
     }
 
     private static boolean isValid(Class<?> type, Method method) {
-        return (method != null) && type.equals(method.getDeclaringClass());
+        return (method != null) && method.getDeclaringClass().isAssignableFrom(type);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/beans/Introspector/Test6868189.java b/jdk/test/java/beans/Introspector/Test6868189.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3aa10aa6d86747d63a202cf0c1788611011a702d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/java/beans/Introspector/Test6868189.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6868189
+ * @summary Tests custom BeanInfo in the same package
+ * @author Sergey Malenkov
+ */
+
+import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
+import java.beans.Introspector;
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.beans.SimpleBeanInfo;
+
+public class Test6868189 {
+
+    private static final String PROPERTY = "$?"; // NON-NLS: the property name
+    private static final String GETTER = "name"; // NON-NLS: the method name
+    private static final String SETTER = null;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IntrospectionException {
+        PropertyDescriptor[] pds = Introspector.getBeanInfo(Enumeration.class).getPropertyDescriptors();
+        if ((pds.length != 1)|| !PROPERTY.equals(pds[0].getName())){
+            throw new Error("unexpected property");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public enum Enumeration {
+        FIRST, SECOND
+    }
+
+    public static class EnumerationBeanInfo extends SimpleBeanInfo {
+        @Override
+        public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors() {
+            try {
+                return new PropertyDescriptor[] {
+                        new PropertyDescriptor(PROPERTY, Enumeration.class, GETTER, SETTER)
+                };
+            }
+            catch (IntrospectionException exception) {
+                throw new Error("unexpected exception", exception);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}