diff -r 2e7898927798 -r 979ebd346ecf hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Tue Feb 14 20:00:28 2017 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Wed Feb 15 22:59:57 2017 -0500
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@
         const Klass* const k =
           SystemDictionary::resolve_super_or_fail(_class_name,
                                                   unresolved_klass,
-                                                  _loader_data->class_loader(),
+                                                  Handle(THREAD, _loader_data->class_loader()),
                                                   _protection_domain,
                                                   false,
                                                   CHECK);
@@ -2851,7 +2851,6 @@
                                                    NULL,
                                                    CHECK);
 
-    HandleMark hm(THREAD);
     for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
       Method* method = parse_method(cfs,
                                     is_interface,
@@ -5357,7 +5356,7 @@
   // Allocate mirror and initialize static fields
   // The create_mirror() call will also call compute_modifiers()
   java_lang_Class::create_mirror(ik,
-                                 _loader_data->class_loader(),
+                                 Handle(THREAD, _loader_data->class_loader()),
                                  module_handle,
                                  _protection_domain,
                                  CHECK);
@@ -5915,10 +5914,11 @@
         "Interfaces must have java.lang.Object as superclass in class file %s",
         CHECK);
     }
+    Handle loader(THREAD, _loader_data->class_loader());
     _super_klass = (const InstanceKlass*)
                        SystemDictionary::resolve_super_or_fail(_class_name,
                                                                super_class_name,
-                                                               _loader_data->class_loader(),
+                                                               loader,
                                                                _protection_domain,
                                                                true,
                                                                CHECK);
@@ -5960,6 +5960,7 @@
 
   _all_mirandas = new GrowableArray<Method*>(20);
 
+  Handle loader(THREAD, _loader_data->class_loader());
   klassVtable::compute_vtable_size_and_num_mirandas(&_vtable_size,
                                                     &_num_miranda_methods,
                                                     _all_mirandas,
@@ -5967,7 +5968,7 @@
                                                     _methods,
                                                     _access_flags,
                                                     _major_version,
-                                                    _loader_data->class_loader(),
+                                                    loader,
                                                     _class_name,
                                                     _local_interfaces,
                                                     CHECK);