diff -r bbe0fcde6e13 -r 2de7fe0e9693 hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp	Wed Oct 09 16:32:21 2013 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp	Fri Oct 11 10:14:02 2013 -0700
@@ -542,8 +542,7 @@
     // exception handler can cause class loading, which might throw an
     // exception and those fields are expected to be clear during
     // normal bytecode execution.
-    thread->set_exception_oop(NULL);
-    thread->set_exception_pc(NULL);
+    thread->clear_exception_oop_and_pc();
 
     continuation = SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nm, pc, exception, false, false);
     // If an exception was thrown during exception dispatch, the exception oop may have changed