diff -r d7819bedfaaf -r e9db10a375d9 src/hotspot/share/code/compiledMethod.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/code/compiledMethod.cpp	Tue May 14 12:00:49 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/code/compiledMethod.cpp	Tue May 14 12:07:24 2019 +0200
@@ -468,39 +468,6 @@
   return ic->set_to_clean();
 }
 
-// static_stub_Relocations may have dangling references to
-// nmethods so trim them out here.  Otherwise it looks like
-// compiled code is maintaining a link to dead metadata.
-void CompiledMethod::clean_ic_stubs() {
-#ifdef ASSERT
-  address low_boundary = oops_reloc_begin();
-  RelocIterator iter(this, low_boundary);
-  while (iter.next()) {
-    address static_call_addr = NULL;
-    if (iter.type() == relocInfo::opt_virtual_call_type) {
-      CompiledIC* cic = CompiledIC_at(&iter);
-      if (!cic->is_call_to_interpreted()) {
-        static_call_addr = iter.addr();
-      }
-    } else if (iter.type() == relocInfo::static_call_type) {
-      CompiledStaticCall* csc = compiledStaticCall_at(iter.reloc());
-      if (!csc->is_call_to_interpreted()) {
-        static_call_addr = iter.addr();
-      }
-    }
-    if (static_call_addr != NULL) {
-      RelocIterator sciter(this, low_boundary);
-      while (sciter.next()) {
-        if (sciter.type() == relocInfo::static_stub_type &&
-            sciter.static_stub_reloc()->static_call() == static_call_addr) {
-          sciter.static_stub_reloc()->clear_inline_cache();
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-#endif
-}
-
 // Clean references to unloaded nmethods at addr from this one, which is not unloaded.
 template <class CompiledICorStaticCall>
 static bool clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(CompiledICorStaticCall *ic, address addr, CompiledMethod* from,
@@ -549,9 +516,6 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  // All static stubs need to be cleaned.
-  clean_ic_stubs();
-
 #ifdef ASSERT
   // Check that the metadata embedded in the nmethod is alive
   CheckClass check_class;
@@ -581,6 +545,7 @@
   // Find all calls in an nmethod and clear the ones that point to non-entrant,
   // zombie and unloaded nmethods.
   RelocIterator iter(this, oops_reloc_begin());
+  bool is_in_static_stub = false;
   while(iter.next()) {
 
     switch (iter.type()) {
@@ -611,6 +576,45 @@
       }
       break;
 
+    case relocInfo::static_stub_type: {
+      is_in_static_stub = true;
+      break;
+    }
+
+    case relocInfo::metadata_type: {
+      // Only the metadata relocations contained in static/opt virtual call stubs
+      // contains the Method* passed to c2i adapters. It is the only metadata
+      // relocation that needs to be walked, as it is the one metadata relocation
+      // that violates the invariant that all metadata relocations have an oop
+      // in the compiled method (due to deferred resolution and code patching).
+
+      // This causes dead metadata to remain in compiled methods that are not
+      // unloading. Unless these slippery metadata relocations of the static
+      // stubs are at least cleared, subsequent class redefinition operations
+      // will access potentially free memory, and JavaThread execution
+      // concurrent to class unloading may call c2i adapters with dead methods.
+      if (!is_in_static_stub) {
+        // The first metadata relocation after a static stub relocation is the
+        // metadata relocation of the static stub used to pass the Method* to
+        // c2i adapters.
+        continue;
+      }
+      is_in_static_stub = false;
+      metadata_Relocation* r = iter.metadata_reloc();
+      Metadata* md = r->metadata_value();
+      if (md != NULL && md->is_method()) {
+        Method* method = static_cast<Method*>(md);
+        if (!method->method_holder()->is_loader_alive()) {
+          Atomic::store((Method*)NULL, r->metadata_addr());
+
+          if (!r->metadata_is_immediate()) {
+            r->fix_metadata_relocation();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+
     default:
       break;
     }