--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp	Tue Feb 14 20:00:28 2017 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp	Wed Feb 15 22:59:57 2017 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 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
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 // therefore the exception oop should be in the oopmap.
 void Exceptions::_throw_oop(Thread* thread, const char* file, int line, oop exception) {
   assert(exception != NULL, "exception should not be NULL");
-  Handle h_exception = Handle(thread, exception);
+  Handle h_exception(thread, exception);
   _throw(thread, file, line, h_exception);
 }
 
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 void Exceptions::debug_check_abort_helper(Handle exception, const char* message) {
   ResourceMark rm;
   if (message == NULL && exception->is_a(SystemDictionary::Throwable_klass())) {
-    oop msg = java_lang_Throwable::message(exception);
+    oop msg = java_lang_Throwable::message(exception());
     if (msg != NULL) {
       message = java_lang_String::as_utf8_string(msg);
     }