--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	Thu Jan 03 15:08:43 2013 -0500
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	Tue Jan 08 13:01:19 2013 -0500
@@ -643,7 +643,8 @@
       bool skip_scope_increment = false;
       // exception handler lookup
       KlassHandle ek (THREAD, exception->klass());
-      handler_bci = sd->method()->fast_exception_handler_bci_for(ek, bci, THREAD);
+      methodHandle mh(THREAD, sd->method());
+      handler_bci = Method::fast_exception_handler_bci_for(mh, ek, bci, THREAD);
       if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
         recursive_exception = true;
         // We threw an exception while trying to find the exception handler.