diff -r 0dbc821628fc -r d64cf9290fc4 hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp	Tue Dec 01 10:35:49 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp	Tue Jan 19 12:07:32 2016 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, 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
@@ -939,10 +939,7 @@
         int index = reflected_method->vtable_index();
         method = reflected_method;
         if (index != Method::nonvirtual_vtable_index) {
-          // target_klass might be an arrayKlassOop but all vtables start at
-          // the same place. The cast is to avoid virtual call and assertion.
-          InstanceKlass* inst = (InstanceKlass*)target_klass();
-          method = methodHandle(THREAD, inst->method_at_vtable(index));
+          method = methodHandle(THREAD, target_klass->method_at_vtable(index));
         }
         if (!method.is_null()) {
           // Check for abstract methods as well