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diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/runtime/JavaMirrors.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/runtime/JavaMirrors.scala
index 64c47a5502..5eb7770de6 100644
--- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/runtime/JavaMirrors.scala
+++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/runtime/JavaMirrors.scala
@@ -777,7 +777,16 @@ trait JavaMirrors extends internal.SymbolTable with api.JavaUniverse { self: Sym
lookupClass
else if (jclazz.isLocalClass0 || isInvalidClassName(jname))
// local classes and implementation classes not preserved by unpickling - treat as Java
- jclassAsScala(jclazz)
+ //
+ // upd. but only if they cannot be loaded as top-level classes
+ // otherwise we may mistake mangled symbolic names for mangled nested names
+ //
+ // in case when a Java binary name can be treated both as a top-level class and as a nested class
+ // (as described in http://groups.google.com/group/scala-internals/browse_thread/thread/10855403bbf04298)
+ // we check for a top-level class first
+ // this is totally correct, because a top-level class and a nested class with the same name cannot coexist
+ // so it's either one or another, but not both - therefore we always load $-bearing classes correctly
+ lookupClass orElse jclassAsScala(jclazz)
else if (jclazz.isArray)
ArrayClass
else