diff -r 5c83830390ba -r 319173c62caa src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.inline.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.inline.hpp	Wed Oct 02 13:57:03 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.inline.hpp	Wed Oct 02 16:55:08 2019 -0700
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@
 // entries during shared classpath setup time.
 
 inline int ClassLoader::num_boot_classpath_entries() {
-  assert(DumpSharedSpaces || DynamicDumpSharedSpaces,
-         "Should only be called at CDS dump time");
+  Arguments::assert_is_dumping_archive();
   assert(has_jrt_entry(), "must have a java runtime image");
   int num_entries = 1; // count the runtime image
   ClassPathEntry* e = ClassLoader::_first_append_entry;
@@ -85,8 +84,7 @@
 // Helper function used by CDS code to get the number of app classpath
 // entries during shared classpath setup time.
 inline int ClassLoader::num_app_classpath_entries() {
-  assert(DumpSharedSpaces || DynamicDumpSharedSpaces,
-         "Should only be called at CDS dump time");
+  Arguments::assert_is_dumping_archive();
   int num_entries = 0;
   ClassPathEntry* e= ClassLoader::_app_classpath_entries;
   while (e != NULL) {