--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp	Thu Feb 09 17:21:46 2017 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp	Fri Feb 10 09:03:55 2017 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 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
@@ -1208,9 +1208,10 @@
     if (reference_klass != NULL && reference_klass->is_instance_klass()) {
       // Emulate LinkResolver::check_klass_accessability.
       Klass* caller = java_lang_Class::as_Klass(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(caller_jh));
-      if (Reflection::verify_class_access(caller,
-                                          reference_klass,
-                                          true) != Reflection::ACCESS_OK) {
+      if (caller != SystemDictionary::Object_klass()
+          && Reflection::verify_class_access(caller,
+                                             reference_klass,
+                                             true) != Reflection::ACCESS_OK) {
         THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), reference_klass->external_name());
       }
     }