--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/methodOop.cpp	Wed Jan 20 12:54:25 2010 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/methodOop.cpp	Wed Jan 20 22:10:33 2010 -0800
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@
   // so making them eagerly shouldn't be too expensive.
   AdapterHandlerEntry* adapter = AdapterHandlerLibrary::get_adapter(mh);
   if (adapter == NULL ) {
-    THROW_0(vmSymbols::java_lang_OutOfMemoryError());
+    THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_VirtualMachineError(), "out of space in CodeCache for adapters");
   }
 
   mh->set_adapter_entry(adapter);