--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Wed Aug 30 19:18:22 2017 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Mon Aug 28 15:34:04 2017 -0700
@@ -944,10 +944,6 @@
   _from_compiled_entry = cds_adapter->get_c2i_entry_trampoline();
   assert(*((int*)_from_compiled_entry) == 0, "must be NULL during dump time, to be initialized at run time");
 
-
-  // In case of DumpSharedSpaces, _method_data should always be NULL.
-  assert(_method_data == NULL, "unexpected method data?");
-
   set_method_data(NULL);
   clear_method_counters();
 }