diff -r 2e7898927798 -r 979ebd346ecf hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/modules.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/modules.cpp	Tue Feb 14 20:00:28 2017 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/modules.cpp	Wed Feb 15 22:59:57 2017 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+* Copyright (c) 2016, 2017, 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
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
               "Class loader must be the boot class loader");
   }
-  Handle h_loader = Handle(THREAD, loader);
+  Handle h_loader(THREAD, loader);
 
   // Ensure the boot loader's PackageEntryTable has been created
   PackageEntryTable* package_table = get_package_entry_table(h_loader, CHECK);
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 
     // Only modules defined to either the boot or platform class loader, can define a "java/" package.
     if (!h_loader.is_null() &&
-        !SystemDictionary::is_platform_class_loader(h_loader) &&
+        !SystemDictionary::is_platform_class_loader(h_loader()) &&
         strncmp(package_name, JAVAPKG, JAVAPKG_LEN) == 0) {
       const char* class_loader_name = SystemDictionary::loader_name(h_loader());
       StringUtils::replace_no_expand(package_name, "/", ".");
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
     THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(),
               "Class loader must be the boot class loader");
   }
-  Handle h_loader = Handle(THREAD, loader);
+  Handle h_loader(THREAD, loader);
 
   log_debug(modules)("set_bootloader_unnamed_module(): recording unnamed module for boot loader");