diff -r 4ebc2e2fb97c -r 71c04702a3d5 test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Final/TestPutMain.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8160527
+ * @summary The VM does not always perform checks added by 8157181 when updating final instance fields
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @compile TestPutField.jasm
+ * @compile TestPutStatic.jasm
+ * @compile TestPutMain.java
+ * @run main/othervm TestPutMain
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+
+public class TestPutMain {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        boolean exception = false;
+        try {
+            TestPutField.test();
+        } catch (java.lang.IllegalAccessError e) {
+            exception = true;
+        }
+
+        Asserts.assertTrue(exception, "FAILED: Expected IllegalAccessError for illegal update to final instance field was not thrown.");
+
+        exception = false;
+        try {
+            TestPutStatic.test();
+        } catch (java.lang.IllegalAccessError e) {
+            exception = true;
+        }
+
+        Asserts.assertTrue(exception, "FAILED: Expected IllegalAccessError for illegal update to final static field was not thrown.");
+
+        System.out.println("PASSED: Expected IllegalAccessError was thrown.");
+    }
+}