--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Wed Nov 19 16:08:01 2014 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Wed Nov 19 13:02:11 2014 -0500
@@ -2931,28 +2931,27 @@
   return NULL;
 }
 
-void InstanceKlass::add_member_name(int index, Handle mem_name) {
+bool InstanceKlass::add_member_name(Handle mem_name) {
   jweak mem_name_wref = JNIHandles::make_weak_global(mem_name);
   MutexLocker ml(MemberNameTable_lock);
-  assert(0 <= index && index < idnum_allocated_count(), "index is out of bounds");
   DEBUG_ONLY(No_Safepoint_Verifier nsv);
 
+  // Check if method has been redefined while taking out MemberNameTable_lock, if so
+  // return false.  We cannot cache obsolete methods. They will crash when the function
+  // is called!
+  Method* method = (Method*)java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmtarget(mem_name());
+  if (method->is_obsolete()) {
+    return false;
+  } else if (method->is_old()) {
+    // Replace method with redefined version
+    java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmtarget(mem_name(), method_with_idnum(method->method_idnum()));
+  }
+
   if (_member_names == NULL) {
     _member_names = new (ResourceObj::C_HEAP, mtClass) MemberNameTable(idnum_allocated_count());
   }
-  _member_names->add_member_name(index, mem_name_wref);
-}
-
-oop InstanceKlass::get_member_name(int index) {
-  MutexLocker ml(MemberNameTable_lock);
-  assert(0 <= index && index < idnum_allocated_count(), "index is out of bounds");
-  DEBUG_ONLY(No_Safepoint_Verifier nsv);
-
-  if (_member_names == NULL) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  oop mem_name =_member_names->get_member_name(index);
-  return mem_name;
+  _member_names->add_member_name(mem_name_wref);
+  return true;
 }
 
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