--- a/src/hotspot/share/memory/universe.cpp	Fri Mar 02 10:42:32 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/memory/universe.cpp	Fri Mar 02 17:25:55 2018 -0500
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
   _do_stack_walk_cache->metaspace_pointers_do(it);
 }
 
-// Serialize metadata in and out of CDS archive, not oops.
+// Serialize metadata and pointers to primitive type mirrors in and out of CDS archive
 void Universe::serialize(SerializeClosure* f, bool do_all) {
 
   f->do_ptr((void**)&_boolArrayKlassObj);
@@ -271,6 +271,20 @@
     }
   }
 
+#if INCLUDE_CDS_JAVA_HEAP
+  // The mirrors are NULL if MetaspaceShared::is_heap_object_archiving_allowed
+  // is false.
+  f->do_oop(&_int_mirror);
+  f->do_oop(&_float_mirror);
+  f->do_oop(&_double_mirror);
+  f->do_oop(&_byte_mirror);
+  f->do_oop(&_bool_mirror);
+  f->do_oop(&_char_mirror);
+  f->do_oop(&_long_mirror);
+  f->do_oop(&_short_mirror);
+  f->do_oop(&_void_mirror);
+#endif
+
   f->do_ptr((void**)&_the_array_interfaces_array);
   f->do_ptr((void**)&_the_empty_int_array);
   f->do_ptr((void**)&_the_empty_short_array);
@@ -453,25 +467,38 @@
 }
 
 void Universe::initialize_basic_type_mirrors(TRAPS) {
-    assert(_int_mirror==NULL, "basic type mirrors already initialized");
-    _int_mirror     =
-      java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("int",    T_INT, CHECK);
-    _float_mirror   =
-      java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("float",  T_FLOAT,   CHECK);
-    _double_mirror  =
-      java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("double", T_DOUBLE,  CHECK);
-    _byte_mirror    =
-      java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("byte",   T_BYTE, CHECK);
-    _bool_mirror    =
-      java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("boolean",T_BOOLEAN, CHECK);
-    _char_mirror    =
-      java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("char",   T_CHAR, CHECK);
-    _long_mirror    =
-      java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("long",   T_LONG, CHECK);
-    _short_mirror   =
-      java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("short",  T_SHORT,   CHECK);
-    _void_mirror    =
-      java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("void",   T_VOID, CHECK);
+#if INCLUDE_CDS_JAVA_HEAP
+    if (UseSharedSpaces &&
+        MetaspaceShared::open_archive_heap_region_mapped() &&
+        _int_mirror != NULL) {
+      assert(MetaspaceShared::is_heap_object_archiving_allowed(), "Sanity");
+      assert(_float_mirror != NULL && _double_mirror != NULL &&
+             _byte_mirror  != NULL && _byte_mirror   != NULL &&
+             _bool_mirror  != NULL && _char_mirror   != NULL &&
+             _long_mirror  != NULL && _short_mirror  != NULL &&
+             _void_mirror  != NULL, "Sanity");
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+      _int_mirror     =
+        java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("int",    T_INT, CHECK);
+      _float_mirror   =
+        java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("float",  T_FLOAT,   CHECK);
+      _double_mirror  =
+        java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("double", T_DOUBLE,  CHECK);
+      _byte_mirror    =
+        java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("byte",   T_BYTE, CHECK);
+      _bool_mirror    =
+        java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("boolean",T_BOOLEAN, CHECK);
+      _char_mirror    =
+        java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("char",   T_CHAR, CHECK);
+      _long_mirror    =
+        java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("long",   T_LONG, CHECK);
+      _short_mirror   =
+        java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("short",  T_SHORT,   CHECK);
+      _void_mirror    =
+        java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror("void",   T_VOID, CHECK);
+    }
 
     _mirrors[T_INT]     = _int_mirror;
     _mirrors[T_FLOAT]   = _float_mirror;