--- a/src/hotspot/share/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp	Mon Aug 06 13:57:26 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp	Mon Aug 06 14:20:58 2018 -0400
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@
     if (log_is_enabled(Info, exceptions)) {
       ResourceMark rm;
       stringStream tempst;
+      assert(nm->method() != NULL, "Unexpected NULL method()");
       tempst.print("compiled method <%s>\n"
                    " at PC" INTPTR_FORMAT " for thread " INTPTR_FORMAT,
                    nm->method()->print_value_string(), p2i(pc), p2i(thread));