diff -r b40330c06dea -r bca375d368ed hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp	Thu Mar 24 09:09:52 2016 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp	Thu Mar 24 11:21:49 2016 +0100
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@
     Symbol* sig_sym  = cpool->signature_ref_at(index);
 
     if (cpool->has_preresolution()
-        || (holder == ciEnv::MethodHandle_klass() &&
+        || ((holder == ciEnv::MethodHandle_klass() || holder == ciEnv::VarHandle_klass()) &&
             MethodHandles::is_signature_polymorphic_name(holder->get_Klass(), name_sym))) {
       // Short-circuit lookups for JSR 292-related call sites.
       // That is, do not rely only on name-based lookups, because they may fail