--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/annotations.hpp	Wed Nov 21 12:36:16 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/annotations.hpp	Wed Nov 21 22:02:17 2018 +0100
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 // a type_annotation instance.
 
 class Annotations: public MetaspaceObj {
+ friend class JVMCIVMStructs;
+
   // If you add a new field that points to any metaspace object, you
   // must add this field to Annotations::metaspace_pointers_do().