diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index c7f4c9f..8a7494a 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 Fixes:
 
+* [JACKSON-887]: StackOverflow with parameterized sub-class field
+ (reported by Alexander M)
+
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diff --git a/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/map/type/TypeBindings.java b/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/map/type/TypeBindings.java
index 2145897..b59c79e 100644
--- a/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/map/type/TypeBindings.java
+++ b/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/map/type/TypeBindings.java
@@ -287,7 +287,14 @@
              * need to call getEnclosingClass since anonymous classes declare 
              * generics
              */
-            _resolveBindings(raw.getDeclaringClass());
+            Class<?> decl = raw.getDeclaringClass();
+            /* 08-Feb-2013, tatu: Except that if context is also super-class, we must
+             *   skip it; context will be checked anyway, and we'd get StackOverflow if
+             *   we went there.
+             */
+            if (decl != null && !decl.isAssignableFrom(raw)) {
+                _resolveBindings(raw.getDeclaringClass());
+            }
             /* 24-Mar-2010, tatu: Can not have true generics definitions, but can
              *   have lower bounds ("<T extends BeanBase>") in declaration itself
              */