--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.cpp	Mon Apr 18 15:39:46 2016 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.cpp	Tue Oct 13 18:13:34 2015 -0400
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@
   address location, KlassHandle field_klass, Handle object, jfieldID field,
   char sig_type, jvalue *value) {
 
-  if (sig_type == 'I' || sig_type == 'Z' || sig_type == 'C' || sig_type == 'S') {
+  if (sig_type == 'I' || sig_type == 'Z' || sig_type == 'B' || sig_type == 'C' || sig_type == 'S') {
     // 'I' instructions are used for byte, char, short and int.
     // determine which it really is, and convert
     fieldDescriptor fd;