--- a/hotspot/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/memory/PlaceholderEntry.java	Thu Jan 27 13:42:28 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/memory/PlaceholderEntry.java	Thu Jan 27 16:11:27 2011 -0800
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   }
 
   public Symbol klass() {
-    return (Symbol) literal();
+    return Symbol.create(literalValue());
   }
 
   /* covariant return type :-(