--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/constant/DirectMethodHandleDescImpl.java	Wed Jan 09 13:31:34 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/constant/DirectMethodHandleDescImpl.java	Wed Jan 09 08:07:23 2019 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2019, 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
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
         requireNonNull(kind);
         validateClassOrInterface(requireNonNull(owner));
-        validateMemberName(requireNonNull(name));
+        validateMemberName(requireNonNull(name), true);
         requireNonNull(type);
 
         switch (kind) {