diff -r 2f5f325d4e6d -r f8bec5f6b09c hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/vmSymbols.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/vmSymbols.cpp	Fri May 20 18:27:03 2016 +0300
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/vmSymbols.cpp	Fri May 20 14:17:55 2016 -0700
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "precompiled.hpp"
 #include "classfile/vmSymbols.hpp"
+#include "compiler/compilerDirectives.hpp"
 #include "memory/oopFactory.hpp"
 #include "oops/oop.inline.hpp"
 #include "runtime/handles.inline.hpp"
@@ -418,9 +419,43 @@
   }
 }
 
+bool vmIntrinsics::is_intrinsic_available(vmIntrinsics::ID id) {
+  return !vmIntrinsics::is_intrinsic_disabled(id) &&
+    !vmIntrinsics::is_disabled_by_flags(id);
+}
+
+bool vmIntrinsics::is_intrinsic_disabled(vmIntrinsics::ID id) {
+  assert(id != vmIntrinsics::_none, "must be a VM intrinsic");
+
+  // Canonicalize DisableIntrinsic to contain only ',' as a separator.
+  // Note, DirectiveSet may not be created at this point yet since this code
+  // is called from initial stub geenration code.
+  char* local_list = (char*)DirectiveSet::canonicalize_disableintrinsic(DisableIntrinsic);
+
+  bool found = false;
+  char* token = strtok(local_list, ",");
+  while (token != NULL) {
+    if (strcmp(token, vmIntrinsics::name_at(id)) == 0) {
+      found = true;
+      break;
+    } else {
+      token = strtok(NULL, ",");
+    }
+  }
+
+  FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, local_list);
+  return found;
+}
+
+
 bool vmIntrinsics::is_disabled_by_flags(const methodHandle& method) {
   vmIntrinsics::ID id = method->intrinsic_id();
   assert(id != vmIntrinsics::_none, "must be a VM intrinsic");
+  return is_disabled_by_flags(id);
+}
+
+bool vmIntrinsics::is_disabled_by_flags(vmIntrinsics::ID id) {
+  assert(id != vmIntrinsics::_none, "must be a VM intrinsic");
 
   // -XX:-InlineNatives disables nearly all intrinsics except the ones listed in
   // the following switch statement.