diff -r fa0d9fc371bb -r e30211561a17 src/hotspot/share/runtime/handles.inline.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/handles.inline.hpp	Thu Feb 07 12:11:41 2019 +0530
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/handles.inline.hpp	Thu Feb 07 10:26:32 2019 +0100
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
   initialize(Thread::current());
 }
 
-
 inline void HandleMark::push() {
   // This is intentionally a NOP. pop_and_restore will reset
   // values to the HandleMark further down the stack, typically
@@ -88,22 +87,18 @@
 }
 
 inline void HandleMark::pop_and_restore() {
-  HandleArea* area = _area;   // help compilers with poor alias analysis
   // Delete later chunks
-  if( _chunk->next() ) {
-    // reset arena size before delete chunks. Otherwise, the total
-    // arena size could exceed total chunk size
-    assert(area->size_in_bytes() > size_in_bytes(), "Sanity check");
-    area->set_size_in_bytes(size_in_bytes());
-    _chunk->next_chop();
+  if(_chunk->next() != NULL) {
+    assert(_area->size_in_bytes() > size_in_bytes(), "Sanity check");
+    chop_later_chunks();
   } else {
-    assert(area->size_in_bytes() == size_in_bytes(), "Sanity check");
+    assert(_area->size_in_bytes() == size_in_bytes(), "Sanity check");
   }
   // Roll back arena to saved top markers
-  area->_chunk = _chunk;
-  area->_hwm = _hwm;
-  area->_max = _max;
-  debug_only(area->_handle_mark_nesting--);
+  _area->_chunk = _chunk;
+  _area->_hwm = _hwm;
+  _area->_max = _max;
+  debug_only(_area->_handle_mark_nesting--);
 }
 
 inline HandleMarkCleaner::HandleMarkCleaner(Thread* thread) {