--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciInstance.cpp	Fri Mar 18 15:52:42 2011 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciInstance.cpp	Fri Mar 18 16:00:34 2011 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, 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
@@ -138,3 +138,9 @@
   st->print(" type=");
   klass()->print(st);
 }
+
+
+ciKlass* ciInstance::java_lang_Class_klass() {
+  VM_ENTRY_MARK;
+  return CURRENT_ENV->get_object(java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(get_oop()))->as_klass();
+}