diff -r 279fd26a4b68 -r bab93afe9df7 hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	Thu Jul 15 08:54:48 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	Thu Jul 15 18:40:45 2010 -0700
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@
   set_common(resolved_klass, selected_klass, resolved_method, selected_method, vtable_index, CHECK);
 }
 
+void CallInfo::set_dynamic(methodHandle resolved_method, TRAPS) {
+  assert(resolved_method->is_method_handle_invoke(), "");
+  KlassHandle resolved_klass = SystemDictionaryHandles::MethodHandle_klass();
+  assert(resolved_klass == resolved_method->method_holder(), "");
+  int vtable_index = methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index;
+  assert(resolved_method->vtable_index() == vtable_index, "");
+  set_common(resolved_klass, KlassHandle(), resolved_method, resolved_method, vtable_index, CHECK);
+}
+
 void CallInfo::set_common(KlassHandle resolved_klass, KlassHandle selected_klass, methodHandle resolved_method, methodHandle selected_method, int vtable_index, TRAPS) {
   assert(resolved_method->signature() == selected_method->signature(), "signatures must correspond");
   _resolved_klass  = resolved_klass;
@@ -176,9 +185,20 @@
                                           KlassHandle klass, symbolHandle name, symbolHandle signature,
                                           KlassHandle current_klass,
                                           TRAPS) {
-  if (EnableMethodHandles && MethodHandles::enabled() &&
+  if (EnableMethodHandles &&
       klass() == SystemDictionary::MethodHandle_klass() &&
       methodOopDesc::is_method_handle_invoke_name(name())) {
+    if (!MethodHandles::enabled()) {
+      // Make sure the Java part of the runtime has been booted up.
+      klassOop natives = SystemDictionary::MethodHandleNatives_klass();
+      if (natives == NULL || instanceKlass::cast(natives)->is_not_initialized()) {
+        SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail(vmSymbolHandles::sun_dyn_MethodHandleNatives(),
+                                          Handle(),
+                                          Handle(),
+                                          true,
+                                          CHECK);
+      }
+    }
     methodOop result_oop = SystemDictionary::find_method_handle_invoke(name,
                                                                        signature,
                                                                        current_klass,
@@ -1065,7 +1085,7 @@
   if (resolved_method.is_null()) {
     THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError());
   }
-  result.set_virtual(resolved_klass, KlassHandle(), resolved_method, resolved_method, resolved_method->vtable_index(), CHECK);
+  result.set_dynamic(resolved_method, CHECK);
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------