diff --git a/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt b/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt
index 9b2ed9cfec..564935c03c 100644
--- a/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt
+++ b/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt
@@ -1435,8 +1435,8 @@ void ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration():
     | LOOKAHEAD(3) EnumDeclaration(modifiers)
     | LOOKAHEAD( [ TypeParameters() ] <IDENTIFIER> "(" ) ConstructorDeclaration(modifiers)
     | LOOKAHEAD( Type() <IDENTIFIER> ( "[" "]" )* ( "," | "=" | ";" ) )  FieldDeclaration(modifiers)
-    | MethodDeclaration(modifiers)
-    | AnnotationTypeDeclaration(modifiers)
+    | LOOKAHEAD(2) MethodDeclaration(modifiers)
+    | LOOKAHEAD(2) AnnotationTypeDeclaration(modifiers)
   )
 |
   ";"
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ void MethodDeclaration(int modifiers) :
 {jjtThis.setModifiers(modifiers);}
 {
   [ TypeParameters() ]
-  ResultType() MethodDeclarator() [ "throws" NameList() ]
+  [(Annotation() {checkForBadTypeAnnotations();})+] ResultType() MethodDeclarator() [ "throws" NameList() ]
   ( Block() | ";" )
 }
 
@@ -1564,9 +1564,9 @@ void Type():
 void ReferenceType():
 {}
 {
-   PrimitiveType() ( LOOKAHEAD(2) "[" "]" { jjtThis.bumpArrayDepth(); })+
+   PrimitiveType() ((Annotation() {checkForBadTypeAnnotations();})*) ( LOOKAHEAD(2) "[" "]" { jjtThis.bumpArrayDepth(); })+
   |
-   ( ClassOrInterfaceType() (Annotation() {checkForBadTypeAnnotations();})*) ( LOOKAHEAD(2) "[" "]" { jjtThis.bumpArrayDepth(); })*
+   ( ClassOrInterfaceType()) ((Annotation() {checkForBadTypeAnnotations();})*) ( LOOKAHEAD(2) "[" "]" { jjtThis.bumpArrayDepth(); })*
 }
 
 void ClassOrInterfaceType():
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/ast/ParserCornerCases18.java b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/ast/ParserCornerCases18.java
index 00d8237754..ad7ea6f0a1 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/ast/ParserCornerCases18.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/ast/ParserCornerCases18.java
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ public class ParserCornerCases18 {
 	public Object @Nullable [] testAnnotationsToArrayElements() {
 		return null;
 	}
+	
+	private byte @Nullable [] getBytes(){
+		return null;
+	}
 
 
     /**