3 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/RefChecks.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/RefChecks.scala
index 71d352345b..93a8dfc9cb 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/RefChecks.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/RefChecks.scala
@@ -896,13 +896,15 @@ abstract class RefChecks extends InfoTransform with reflect.internal.transform.R
          *  the type occurs itself at variance position given by `variance`
          */
         def validateVariance(tp: Type, variance: Int): Unit = tp match {
-          case ErrorType => ;
-          case WildcardType => ;
-          case NoType => ;
-          case NoPrefix => ;
-          case ThisType(_) => ;
-          case ConstantType(_) => ;
-          // case DeBruijnIndex(_, _) => ;
+          case ErrorType =>
+          case WildcardType =>
+          case BoundedWildcardType(bounds) =>
+            validateVariance(bounds, variance)
+          case NoType =>
+          case NoPrefix =>
+          case ThisType(_) =>
+          case ConstantType(_) =>
+          // case DeBruijnIndex(_, _) =>
           case SingleType(pre, sym) =>
             validateVariance(pre, variance)
           case TypeRef(pre, sym, args) =>
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Variances.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Variances.scala
index b9f2b9abd8..279096bddd 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Variances.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Variances.scala
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ trait Variances {
   def varianceInType(tp: Type)(tparam: Symbol): Int = tp match {
     case ErrorType | WildcardType | NoType | NoPrefix | ThisType(_) | ConstantType(_) =>
       VARIANCES
+    case BoundedWildcardType(bounds) =>
+      varianceInType(bounds)(tparam)
     case SingleType(pre, sym) =>
       varianceInType(pre)(tparam)
     case TypeRef(pre, sym, args) =>
diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/Types.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/Types.scala
index 1d566e3202..ef328d4d1a 100644
--- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/Types.scala
+++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/Types.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import util.ThreeValues._
     // internal: error
   case WildcardType =>
     // internal: unknown
+  case BoundedWildcardType(bounds) =>
+    // internal: unknown
   case NoType =>
   case NoPrefix =>
   case ThisType(sym) =>