--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp	Fri Dec 07 10:55:16 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp	Wed Dec 12 11:39:29 2012 -0500
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@
 
   oop class_loader() const;
 
+  virtual oop klass_holder() const      { return class_loader(); }
+
  protected:
   virtual Klass* array_klass_impl(bool or_null, int rank, TRAPS);
   virtual Klass* array_klass_impl(bool or_null, TRAPS);