diff -r 2956d0ece7a9 -r 93fe2fc5c093 src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Wed Mar 14 07:27:19 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Wed Mar 14 12:12:00 2018 +0100
@@ -1014,6 +1014,10 @@
   return i;
 }
 
+instanceHandle InstanceKlass::allocate_instance_handle(TRAPS) {
+  return instanceHandle(THREAD, allocate_instance(THREAD));
+}
+
 void InstanceKlass::check_valid_for_instantiation(bool throwError, TRAPS) {
   if (is_interface() || is_abstract()) {
     ResourceMark rm(THREAD);