diff -r 795686a22bc6 -r 436c6e158ce5 hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/bytecodeAssembler.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/bytecodeAssembler.cpp	Wed May 01 10:10:57 2013 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/bytecodeAssembler.cpp	Thu May 02 10:58:04 2013 -0400
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
     int idx = i + _orig->length();
     switch (entry._tag) {
       case BytecodeCPEntry::UTF8:
+        entry._u.utf8->increment_refcount();
         cp->symbol_at_put(idx, entry._u.utf8);
-        entry._u.utf8->increment_refcount();
         break;
       case BytecodeCPEntry::KLASS:
         cp->unresolved_klass_at_put(