--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoader.cpp	Tue Feb 14 20:00:28 2017 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoader.cpp	Wed Feb 15 22:59:57 2017 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, 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
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@
 
   {
     MutexLocker ml(Module_lock, THREAD);
-    ModuleEntry* jb_module = null_cld_modules->locked_create_entry_or_null(Handle(NULL), vmSymbols::java_base(), NULL, NULL, null_cld);
+    ModuleEntry* jb_module = null_cld_modules->locked_create_entry_or_null(Handle(), vmSymbols::java_base(), NULL, NULL, null_cld);
     if (jb_module == NULL) {
       vm_exit_during_initialization("Unable to create ModuleEntry for " JAVA_BASE_NAME);
     }