diff -r c139884bd80e -r 3e0ebf913679 src/hotspot/share/memory/heapShared.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/memory/heapShared.cpp	Thu Nov 08 15:19:14 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/memory/heapShared.cpp	Thu Nov 08 19:16:16 2018 -0500
@@ -886,6 +886,10 @@
     Klass* k = SystemDictionary::resolve_or_null(klass_name, THREAD);
     assert(k != NULL && !HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION, "class must exist");
     InstanceKlass* ik = InstanceKlass::cast(k);
+    assert(InstanceKlass::cast(ik)->is_shared_boot_class(),
+           "Only support boot classes");
+    ik->initialize(THREAD);
+    guarantee(!HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION, "exception in initialize");
 
     ArchivableStaticFieldFinder finder(ik, field_name);
     ik->do_local_static_fields(&finder);