diff -r a3b1d68b373d -r 86644d9539c2 hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp	Tue Feb 11 21:32:19 2014 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp	Wed Feb 12 12:01:45 2014 -0800
@@ -4348,8 +4348,23 @@
 
     // Get needed field and method IDs
     directByteBufferConstructor = env->GetMethodID(directByteBufferClass, "<init>", "(JI)V");
+    if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
+      env->ExceptionClear();
+      directBufferSupportInitializeFailed = 1;
+      return false;
+    }
     directBufferAddressField    = env->GetFieldID(bufferClass, "address", "J");
+    if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
+      env->ExceptionClear();
+      directBufferSupportInitializeFailed = 1;
+      return false;
+    }
     bufferCapacityField         = env->GetFieldID(bufferClass, "capacity", "I");
+    if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
+      env->ExceptionClear();
+      directBufferSupportInitializeFailed = 1;
+      return false;
+    }
 
     if ((directByteBufferConstructor == NULL) ||
         (directBufferAddressField    == NULL) ||