diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.hpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.hpp
index eec0bf3f5eeafb242956ef4889af6c640398b650..16266477ec14b7f401f06e526517163c2bd186ed 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2014, 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
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class VerificationType VALUE_OBJ_CLASS_SPEC {
   int dimensions() const {
     assert(is_array(), "Must be an array");
     int index = 0;
-    while (name()->byte_at(index++) == '[');
+    while (name()->byte_at(index) == '[') index++;
     return index;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/runtime/verifier/TestMultiANewArray.java b/test/runtime/verifier/TestMultiANewArray.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..52afd435d8cd3be60eb754f4dd2ace98f16d32f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/verifier/TestMultiANewArray.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import jdk.internal.org.objectweb.asm.ClassWriter;
+import jdk.internal.org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor;
+import static jdk.internal.org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes.*;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
+
+/*
+ * @test TestMultiANewArray
+ * @bug 8038076
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @compile -XDignore.symbol.file TestMultiANewArray.java
+ * @run main/othervm TestMultiANewArray 49
+ * @run main/othervm TestMultiANewArray 50
+ * @run main/othervm TestMultiANewArray 51
+ * @run main/othervm TestMultiANewArray 52
+ */
+
+public class TestMultiANewArray {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        int cfv = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
+        writeClassFile(cfv);
+        System.err.println("Running with cfv: " + cfv);
+        ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(true, "-cp", ".",  "ClassFile");
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.shouldContain("VerifyError");
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
+    }
+
+    public static void writeClassFile(int cfv) throws Exception {
+        ClassWriter cw = new ClassWriter(0);
+        MethodVisitor mv;
+
+        cw.visit(cfv, ACC_PUBLIC + ACC_SUPER, "ClassFile", null, "java/lang/Object", null);
+        mv = cw.visitMethod(ACC_PUBLIC, "<init>", "()V", null, null);
+        mv.visitCode();
+        mv.visitVarInsn(ALOAD, 0);
+        mv.visitMethodInsn(INVOKESPECIAL, "java/lang/Object", "<init>", "()V", false);
+        mv.visitInsn(RETURN);
+        mv.visitMaxs(1, 1);
+        mv.visitEnd();
+
+        mv = cw.visitMethod(ACC_PUBLIC + ACC_STATIC, "main", "([Ljava/lang/String;)V", null, null);
+        mv.visitCode();
+        mv.visitInsn(ICONST_1);
+        mv.visitInsn(ICONST_2);
+        mv.visitMultiANewArrayInsn("[I", 2);
+        mv.visitVarInsn(ASTORE, 1);
+        mv.visitInsn(RETURN);
+        mv.visitMaxs(2, 2);
+        mv.visitEnd();
+
+        cw.visitEnd();
+
+        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File("ClassFile.class"))) {
+             fos.write(cw.toByteArray());
+        }
+    }
+}