--- a/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciObjectFactory.cpp	Mon Sep 23 14:39:11 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciObjectFactory.cpp	Mon Sep 23 14:49:04 2019 -0400
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@
 
   for (int i = T_BOOLEAN; i <= T_CONFLICT; i++) {
     BasicType t = (BasicType)i;
-    if (type2name(t) != NULL && t != T_OBJECT && t != T_ARRAY && t != T_NARROWOOP && t != T_NARROWKLASS) {
+    if (type2name(t) != NULL && !is_reference_type(t) &&
+        t != T_NARROWOOP && t != T_NARROWKLASS) {
       ciType::_basic_types[t] = new (_arena) ciType(t);
       init_ident_of(ciType::_basic_types[t]);
     }