--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Wed Jul 05 22:55:08 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Fri Feb 24 12:41:26 2017 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@
         const Klass* const k =
           SystemDictionary::resolve_super_or_fail(_class_name,
                                                   unresolved_klass,
-                                                  _loader_data->class_loader(),
+                                                  Handle(THREAD, _loader_data->class_loader()),
                                                   _protection_domain,
                                                   false,
                                                   CHECK);
@@ -2858,7 +2858,6 @@
                                                    NULL,
                                                    CHECK);
 
-    HandleMark hm(THREAD);
     for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
       Method* method = parse_method(cfs,
                                     is_interface,
@@ -4382,10 +4381,12 @@
     }
 
     Reflection::VerifyClassAccessResults vca_result =
-      Reflection::verify_class_access(this_klass, super, false);
+      Reflection::verify_class_access(this_klass, InstanceKlass::cast(super), false);
     if (vca_result != Reflection::ACCESS_OK) {
       ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
-      char* msg =  Reflection::verify_class_access_msg(this_klass, super, vca_result);
+      char* msg = Reflection::verify_class_access_msg(this_klass,
+                                                      InstanceKlass::cast(super),
+                                                      vca_result);
       if (msg == NULL) {
         Exceptions::fthrow(
           THREAD_AND_LOCATION,
@@ -4414,10 +4415,12 @@
     Klass* const k = local_interfaces->at(i);
     assert (k != NULL && k->is_interface(), "invalid interface");
     Reflection::VerifyClassAccessResults vca_result =
-      Reflection::verify_class_access(this_klass, k, false);
+      Reflection::verify_class_access(this_klass, InstanceKlass::cast(k), false);
     if (vca_result != Reflection::ACCESS_OK) {
       ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
-      char* msg =  Reflection::verify_class_access_msg(this_klass, k, vca_result);
+      char* msg = Reflection::verify_class_access_msg(this_klass,
+                                                      InstanceKlass::cast(k),
+                                                      vca_result);
       if (msg == NULL) {
         Exceptions::fthrow(
           THREAD_AND_LOCATION,
@@ -5361,7 +5364,7 @@
   // Allocate mirror and initialize static fields
   // The create_mirror() call will also call compute_modifiers()
   java_lang_Class::create_mirror(ik,
-                                 _loader_data->class_loader(),
+                                 Handle(THREAD, _loader_data->class_loader()),
                                  module_handle,
                                  _protection_domain,
                                  CHECK);
@@ -5919,10 +5922,11 @@
         "Interfaces must have java.lang.Object as superclass in class file %s",
         CHECK);
     }
+    Handle loader(THREAD, _loader_data->class_loader());
     _super_klass = (const InstanceKlass*)
                        SystemDictionary::resolve_super_or_fail(_class_name,
                                                                super_class_name,
-                                                               _loader_data->class_loader(),
+                                                               loader,
                                                                _protection_domain,
                                                                true,
                                                                CHECK);
@@ -5964,6 +5968,7 @@
 
   _all_mirandas = new GrowableArray<Method*>(20);
 
+  Handle loader(THREAD, _loader_data->class_loader());
   klassVtable::compute_vtable_size_and_num_mirandas(&_vtable_size,
                                                     &_num_miranda_methods,
                                                     _all_mirandas,
@@ -5971,7 +5976,7 @@
                                                     _methods,
                                                     _access_flags,
                                                     _major_version,
-                                                    _loader_data->class_loader(),
+                                                    loader,
                                                     _class_name,
                                                     _local_interfaces,
                                                     CHECK);