--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/methodData.cpp	Thu Nov 13 11:14:01 2014 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/methodData.cpp	Fri Nov 14 09:47:09 2014 +0100
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
   int size = MethodData::compute_allocation_size_in_words(method);
 
   return new (loader_data, size, false, MetaspaceObj::MethodDataType, THREAD)
-    MethodData(method(), size, CHECK_NULL);
+    MethodData(method(), size, THREAD);
 }
 
 int MethodData::bytecode_cell_count(Bytecodes::Code code) {