--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp	Wed Oct 21 13:46:25 2015 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp	Fri Oct 23 16:48:38 2015 -0400
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
 #endif
 }
 
-nmethod* nmethod::new_native_nmethod(methodHandle method,
+nmethod* nmethod::new_native_nmethod(const methodHandle& method,
   int compile_id,
   CodeBuffer *code_buffer,
   int vep_offset,
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
   return nm;
 }
 
-nmethod* nmethod::new_nmethod(methodHandle method,
+nmethod* nmethod::new_nmethod(const methodHandle& method,
   int compile_id,
   int entry_bci,
   CodeOffsets* offsets,