--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapFrame.hpp	Fri Dec 18 13:38:49 2015 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapFrame.hpp	Fri Dec 18 15:50:33 2015 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 
   // Set local variable type array based on m's signature.
   VerificationType set_locals_from_arg(
-    const methodHandle m, VerificationType thisKlass, TRAPS);
+    const methodHandle& m, VerificationType thisKlass, TRAPS);
 
   // Search local variable type array and stack type array.
   // Set every element with type of old_object to new_object.