--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/deoptimization.cpp	Thu Jul 27 15:36:15 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/deoptimization.cpp	Thu Jul 27 18:06:41 2017 -0400
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@
 JRT_END
 
 MethodData*
-Deoptimization::get_method_data(JavaThread* thread, methodHandle m,
+Deoptimization::get_method_data(JavaThread* thread, const methodHandle& m,
                                 bool create_if_missing) {
   Thread* THREAD = thread;
   MethodData* mdo = m()->method_data();