--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.replacements/src/org/graalvm/compiler/replacements/nodes/MethodHandleNode.java	Thu Nov 14 11:16:14 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/org.graalvm.compiler.replacements/src/org/graalvm/compiler/replacements/nodes/MethodHandleNode.java	Thu Nov 14 12:21:00 2019 -0800
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 
         Assumptions assumptions = adder.getAssumptions();
         ResolvedJavaMethod realTarget = null;
-        if (target.canBeStaticallyBound()) {
+        if (target.canBeStaticallyBound() || intrinsicMethod == IntrinsicMethod.LINK_TO_SPECIAL) {
             realTarget = target;
         } else {
             ResolvedJavaType targetType = target.getDeclaringClass();