--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	Thu Jul 27 15:36:15 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	Thu Jul 27 18:06:41 2017 -0400
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-CompLevel JVMCIRuntime::adjust_comp_level_inner(methodHandle method, bool is_osr, CompLevel level, JavaThread* thread) {
+CompLevel JVMCIRuntime::adjust_comp_level_inner(const methodHandle& method, bool is_osr, CompLevel level, JavaThread* thread) {
   JVMCICompiler* compiler = JVMCICompiler::instance(thread);
   if (compiler != NULL && compiler->is_bootstrapping()) {
     return level;