--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/signature.cpp	Fri Jul 01 15:11:38 2016 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/signature.cpp	Mon Jun 27 15:26:08 2016 -0400
@@ -224,7 +224,49 @@
   _index = 0;
   expect('(');
   Symbol* sig = _signature;
-  while (sig->byte_at(_index) != ')') _index++;
+  // Need to skip over each type in the signature's argument list until a
+  // closing ')' is found., then get the return type.  We cannot just scan
+  // for the first ')' because ')' is a legal character in a type name.
+  while (sig->byte_at(_index) != ')') {
+    switch(sig->byte_at(_index)) {
+      case 'B':
+      case 'C':
+      case 'D':
+      case 'F':
+      case 'I':
+      case 'J':
+      case 'S':
+      case 'Z':
+      case 'V':
+        {
+          _index++;
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'L':
+        {
+          while (sig->byte_at(_index++) != ';') ;
+        }
+        break;
+      case '[':
+        {
+          int begin = ++_index;
+          skip_optional_size();
+          while (sig->byte_at(_index) == '[') {
+            _index++;
+            skip_optional_size();
+          }
+          if (sig->byte_at(_index) == 'L') {
+            while (sig->byte_at(_index++) != ';') ;
+          } else {
+            _index++;
+          }
+        }
+        break;
+      default:
+        ShouldNotReachHere();
+        break;
+    }
+  }
   expect(')');
   // Parse return type
   _parameter_index = -1;