diff -r 5435e77aa3df -r b862d1f189bd hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciMethod.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciMethod.cpp	Thu May 20 06:34:23 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciMethod.cpp	Fri May 21 02:59:24 2010 -0700
@@ -690,20 +690,32 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
 // invokedynamic support
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------
+// ciMethod::is_method_handle_invoke
 //
+// Return true if the method is a MethodHandle target.
 bool ciMethod::is_method_handle_invoke() const {
-  check_is_loaded();
-  bool flag = ((flags().as_int() & JVM_MH_INVOKE_BITS) == JVM_MH_INVOKE_BITS);
+  bool flag = (holder()->name() == ciSymbol::java_dyn_MethodHandle() &&
+               methodOopDesc::is_method_handle_invoke_name(name()->sid()));
 #ifdef ASSERT
-  {
-    VM_ENTRY_MARK;
-    bool flag2 = get_methodOop()->is_method_handle_invoke();
-    assert(flag == flag2, "consistent");
+  if (is_loaded()) {
+    bool flag2 = ((flags().as_int() & JVM_MH_INVOKE_BITS) == JVM_MH_INVOKE_BITS);
+    {
+      VM_ENTRY_MARK;
+      bool flag3 = get_methodOop()->is_method_handle_invoke();
+      assert(flag2 == flag3, "consistent");
+      assert(flag  == flag3, "consistent");
+    }
   }
 #endif //ASSERT
   return flag;
 }
 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------
+// ciMethod::is_method_handle_adapter
+//
+// Return true if the method is a generated MethodHandle adapter.
 bool ciMethod::is_method_handle_adapter() const {
   check_is_loaded();
   VM_ENTRY_MARK;