diff -r 60764a78fa5c -r 8c87ef3e5497 hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	Fri Oct 23 16:48:38 2015 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	Fri Oct 23 23:06:53 2015 +0200
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
       int new_name_and_type_ref_i = find_or_append_indirect_entry(scratch_cp, name_and_type_ref_i,
                                                           merge_cp_p, merge_cp_length_p, THREAD);
 
-      const char *entry_name;
+      const char *entry_name = NULL;
       switch (scratch_cp->tag_at(scratch_i).value()) {
       case JVM_CONSTANT_Fieldref:
         entry_name = "Fieldref";