--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Fri Sep 28 14:53:41 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Mon Oct 01 00:52:37 2018 -0400
@@ -686,15 +686,6 @@
   return Verifier::verify(this, should_verify_class(), THREAD);
 }
 
-
-// Used exclusively by the shared spaces dump mechanism to prevent
-// classes mapped into the shared regions in new VMs from appearing linked.
-
-void InstanceKlass::unlink_class() {
-  assert(is_linked(), "must be linked");
-  _init_state = loaded;
-}
-
 void InstanceKlass::link_class(TRAPS) {
   assert(is_loaded(), "must be loaded");
   if (!is_linked()) {
@@ -2300,10 +2291,12 @@
     return;
   }
 
-  // Unlink the class
-  if (is_linked()) {
-    unlink_class();
-  }
+  // Reset to the 'allocated' state to prevent any premature accessing to
+  // a shared class at runtime while the class is still being loaded and
+  // restored. A class' init_state is set to 'loaded' at runtime when it's
+  // being added to class hierarchy (see SystemDictionary:::add_to_hierarchy()).
+  _init_state = allocated;
+
   {
     MutexLocker ml(Compile_lock);
     init_implementor();
@@ -2350,6 +2343,10 @@
 }
 
 void InstanceKlass::restore_unshareable_info(ClassLoaderData* loader_data, Handle protection_domain, TRAPS) {
+  // SystemDictionary::add_to_hierarchy() sets the init_state to loaded
+  // before the InstanceKlass is added to the SystemDictionary. Make
+  // sure the current state is <loaded.
+  assert(!is_loaded(), "invalid init state");
   set_package(loader_data, CHECK);
   Klass::restore_unshareable_info(loader_data, protection_domain, CHECK);