diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/ClassWriter.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/ClassWriter.java
index 9628b961f7956b04675f5944e1b95e18fd0352ed..be6d5282c69e40d2e204ece6356292b4e2a64118 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/ClassWriter.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/ClassWriter.java
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ public class ClassWriter {
             out.writeByte(attr.method_parameter_table.length);
             for (MethodParameters_attribute.Entry e : attr.method_parameter_table) {
                 out.writeShort(e.name_index);
-                out.writeInt(e.flags);
+                out.writeShort(e.flags);
             }
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/MethodParameters_attribute.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/MethodParameters_attribute.java
index cbf44d20ae4ef474e739ce5a95c043fb680d95ff..bf060cf8a269110e892a84b3ae69ce1165a588b3 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/MethodParameters_attribute.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/classfile/MethodParameters_attribute.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class MethodParameters_attribute extends Attribute {
     public static class Entry {
         Entry(ClassReader cr) throws IOException {
             name_index = cr.readUnsignedShort();
-            flags = cr.readInt();
+            flags = cr.readUnsignedShort();
         }
 
         public static int length() {
diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
index 554984b9e2f583efec8f27639356a0432372e327..75f351f42f53595357ff5fb07a34dbe776bd2796 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ public class ClassReader implements Completer {
                         haveParameterNameIndices = true;
                         for (int i = 0; i < numEntries; i++) {
                             int nameIndex = nextChar();
-                            int flags = nextInt();
+                            int flags = nextChar();
                             parameterNameIndices[i] = nameIndex;
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassWriter.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassWriter.java
index 89395606d46ca22984a75fc8fe10596546376266..0a8980acd1f19d08dea3dbb938d606437d1d4cf7 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassWriter.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassWriter.java
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ public class ClassWriter extends ClassFile {
                     ((int) s.flags() & (FINAL | SYNTHETIC | MANDATED)) |
                     ((int) m.flags() & SYNTHETIC);
                 databuf.appendChar(pool.put(s.name));
-                databuf.appendInt(flags);
+                databuf.appendChar(flags);
             }
             endAttr(attrIndex);
             return 1;