--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp	Wed Aug 23 10:25:25 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp	Wed Aug 23 14:52:55 2017 -0400
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 
 void ThreadShadow::set_pending_exception(oop exception, const char* file, int line) {
-  assert(exception != NULL && exception->is_oop(), "invalid exception oop");
+  assert(exception != NULL && oopDesc::is_oop(exception), "invalid exception oop");
   _pending_exception = exception;
   _exception_file    = file;
   _exception_line    = line;