diff -r 2f7a2e7c3221 -r d6aa9ea2405d src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Fri Oct 05 18:25:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Fri Oct 05 20:03:14 2018 +0200
@@ -1201,14 +1201,7 @@
 }
 
 objArrayOop InstanceKlass::allocate_objArray(int n, int length, TRAPS) {
-  if (length < 0)  {
-    THROW_MSG_0(vmSymbols::java_lang_NegativeArraySizeException(), err_msg("%d", length));
-  }
-  if (length > arrayOopDesc::max_array_length(T_OBJECT)) {
-    report_java_out_of_memory("Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
-    JvmtiExport::post_array_size_exhausted();
-    THROW_OOP_0(Universe::out_of_memory_error_array_size());
-  }
+  check_array_allocation_length(length, arrayOopDesc::max_array_length(T_OBJECT), CHECK_NULL);
   int size = objArrayOopDesc::object_size(length);
   Klass* ak = array_klass(n, CHECK_NULL);
   objArrayOop o = (objArrayOop)Universe::heap()->array_allocate(ak, size, length,