diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Types.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Types.java
index 3f3eb1f9623..539b1470a75 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Types.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Types.java
@@ -2858,13 +2858,17 @@ public class Types {
             hasSameArgs(t, erasure(s)) || hasSameArgs(erasure(t), s);
     }
 
-    public boolean overridesObjectMethod(TypeSymbol origin, Symbol msym) {
+    public Symbol overriddenObjectMethod(TypeSymbol origin, Symbol msym) {
         for (Symbol sym : syms.objectType.tsym.members().getSymbolsByName(msym.name)) {
             if (msym.overrides(sym, origin, Types.this, true)) {
-                return true;
+                return sym;
             }
         }
-        return false;
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public boolean overridesObjectMethod(TypeSymbol origin, Symbol msym) {
+        return overriddenObjectMethod(origin, msym) != null;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/LambdaToMethod.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/LambdaToMethod.java
index b13c9e0fe2b..f9af7d7b803 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/LambdaToMethod.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/LambdaToMethod.java
@@ -702,13 +702,12 @@ public class LambdaToMethod extends TreeTranslator {
         String functionalInterfaceClass = classSig(targetType);
         String functionalInterfaceMethodName = samSym.getSimpleName().toString();
         String functionalInterfaceMethodSignature = typeSig(types.erasure(samSym.type));
-        Symbol baseMethod = refSym.baseSymbol();
-        Symbol origMethod = baseMethod.baseSymbol();
-        if (baseMethod != origMethod && origMethod.owner == syms.objectType.tsym) {
-            //the implementation method is a java.lang.Object method transferred to an
-            //interface that does not declare it. Runtime will refer to this method as to
-            //a java.lang.Object method, so do the same:
-            refSym = ((MethodSymbol) origMethod).asHandle();
+        Symbol baseMethod = types.overriddenObjectMethod(refSym.enclClass(), refSym);
+        if (baseMethod != null) {
+            // The implementation method is a java.lang.Object method, runtime will resolve this method to
+            // a java.lang.Object method, so do the same.
+            // This case can be removed if JDK-8172817 is fixed.
+            refSym = ((MethodSymbol) baseMethod).asHandle();
         }
         String implClass = classSig(types.erasure(refSym.owner.type));
         String implMethodName = refSym.getQualifiedName().toString();