--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/javaAssertions.cpp	Thu Jan 27 13:42:28 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/javaAssertions.cpp	Thu Jan 27 16:11:27 2011 -0800
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 }
 
 oop JavaAssertions::createAssertionStatusDirectives(TRAPS) {
-  symbolHandle asd_sym = vmSymbolHandles::java_lang_AssertionStatusDirectives();
+  Symbol* asd_sym = vmSymbols::java_lang_AssertionStatusDirectives();
   klassOop k = SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail(asd_sym, true, CHECK_NULL);
   instanceKlassHandle asd_klass (THREAD, k);
   asd_klass->initialize(CHECK_NULL);