--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/interpreterRT_sparc.cpp	Thu Jul 27 15:36:15 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/interpreterRT_sparc.cpp	Thu Jul 27 18:06:41 2017 -0400
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 
 
  public:
-  SlowSignatureHandler(methodHandle method, address from, intptr_t* to, intptr_t *RegArgSig) : NativeSignatureIterator(method) {
+  SlowSignatureHandler(const methodHandle& method, address from, intptr_t* to, intptr_t *RegArgSig) : NativeSignatureIterator(method) {
     _from = from;
     _to   = to;
     _RegArgSignature = RegArgSig;