diff -r 5d42601232b1 -r 16053580a684 hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	Fri Oct 23 14:33:19 2015 +0300
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	Mon Oct 26 13:11:36 2015 -0400
@@ -307,12 +307,14 @@
     return methodHandle(THREAD, result);
   }
 
+  InstanceKlass* ik = InstanceKlass::cast(klass());
+
   // JDK 8, JVMS 5.4.3.4: Interface method resolution should
   // ignore static and non-public methods of java.lang.Object,
   // like clone, finalize, registerNatives.
   if (in_imethod_resolve &&
       result != NULL &&
-      klass->is_interface() &&
+      ik->is_interface() &&
       (result->is_static() || !result->is_public()) &&
       result->method_holder() == SystemDictionary::Object_klass()) {
     result = NULL;
@@ -321,11 +323,11 @@
   // Before considering default methods, check for an overpass in the
   // current class if a method has not been found.
   if (result == NULL) {
-    result = InstanceKlass::cast(klass())->find_method(name, signature);
+    result = ik->find_method(name, signature);
   }
 
   if (result == NULL) {
-    Array<Method*>* default_methods = InstanceKlass::cast(klass())->default_methods();
+    Array<Method*>* default_methods = ik->default_methods();
     if (default_methods != NULL) {
       result = InstanceKlass::find_method(default_methods, name, signature);
     }
@@ -374,21 +376,21 @@
   int vtable_index = Method::invalid_vtable_index;
   Symbol* name = resolved_method->name();
   Symbol* signature = resolved_method->signature();
+  InstanceKlass* ik = InstanceKlass::cast(klass());
 
   // First check in default method array
-  if (!resolved_method->is_abstract() &&
-    (InstanceKlass::cast(klass())->default_methods() != NULL)) {
-    int index = InstanceKlass::find_method_index(InstanceKlass::cast(klass())->default_methods(),
+  if (!resolved_method->is_abstract() && ik->default_methods() != NULL) {
+    int index = InstanceKlass::find_method_index(ik->default_methods(),
                                                  name, signature, Klass::find_overpass,
                                                  Klass::find_static, Klass::find_private);
     if (index >= 0 ) {
-      vtable_index = InstanceKlass::cast(klass())->default_vtable_indices()->at(index);
+      vtable_index = ik->default_vtable_indices()->at(index);
     }
   }
   if (vtable_index == Method::invalid_vtable_index) {
     // get vtable_index for miranda methods
     ResourceMark rm;
-    klassVtable *vt = InstanceKlass::cast(klass())->vtable();
+    klassVtable *vt = ik->vtable();
     vtable_index = vt->index_of_miranda(name, signature);
   }
   return vtable_index;