5 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/files/jvm/serialization.scala b/test/files/jvm/serialization.scala
index 06086f4038..b8656888c6 100644
--- a/test/files/jvm/serialization.scala
+++ b/test/files/jvm/serialization.scala
@@ -532,6 +532,31 @@ object Test6 {
 }
 
 //############################################################################
+// Nested objects cannot get readresolve automatically because after deserialization
+// they would be null (they are treated as lazy vals)
+@serializable
+class Outer {
+
+    @serializable
+    object Inner
+}
+
+object Test7 {
+  val x = new Outer
+  x.Inner // initialize
+  try {
+    val y:Outer = read(write(x))
+    if (y.Inner == null)
+      println("Inner object is null")
+  }
+  catch {
+  case e: Exception =>
+    println("Error in Test7: " + e)
+  }
+
+}
+
+//############################################################################
 // Test code
 
 object Test {
@@ -542,6 +567,7 @@ object Test {
     Test4_xml
     Test5
     Test6
+    Test7
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/files/pos/t1591_pos.scala b/test/files/pos/t1591_pos.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f55d7ce19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/t1591_pos.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+trait A
+
+object Test {
+    lazy val a = new A {
+        object Zenek
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/files/pos/t1591b.scala b/test/files/pos/t1591b.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c671ad6472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/t1591b.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import scala.tools.nsc._
+
+class SemanticTokens(val compiler: Global) {
+  import compiler._
+
+  def build() = ErrorType
+
+  class Process {
+    def f() = analyzer
+    // or to crash the compiler instead of a nice message,
+    // def f() = analyzer underlying _
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/files/run/t1591.check b/test/files/run/t1591.check
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48082f72f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/run/t1591.check
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+12
diff --git a/test/files/run/t1591.scala b/test/files/run/t1591.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..434064a5dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/run/t1591.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+abstract class A {
+
+    lazy val lazyBar = bar
+
+    object bar {
+        val foo = 12
+    }
+
+}
+
+object Test extends Application {
+    val a = new A{}
+    println(a.lazyBar.foo)
+}