--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/VarHandle.java	Tue Jun 28 16:57:27 2016 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/VarHandle.java	Wed Jun 29 08:30:49 2016 +0200
@@ -1275,8 +1275,6 @@
             this.methodName = methodName;
             this.at = at;
 
-            // Assert method name is correctly derived from value name
-            assert methodName.equals(toMethodName(name()));
             // Assert that return type is correct
             // Otherwise, when disabled avoid using reflection
             assert at.returnType == getReturnType(methodName);
@@ -1311,16 +1309,6 @@
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("No AccessMode value for method name " + methodName);
         }
 
-        private static String toMethodName(String name) {
-            StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(name.toLowerCase());
-            int i;
-            while ((i = s.indexOf("_")) !=  -1) {
-                s.deleteCharAt(i);
-                s.setCharAt(i, Character.toUpperCase(s.charAt(i)));
-            }
-            return s.toString();
-        }
-
         private static Class<?> getReturnType(String name) {
             try {
                 Method m = VarHandle.class.getMethod(name, Object[].class);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/lang/invoke/VarHandles/VarHandleTestAccessModeMethodNames.java	Wed Jun 29 08:30:49 2016 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @run testng VarHandleTestAccessModeMethodNames
+ */
+
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.VarHandle;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class VarHandleTestAccessModeMethodNames {
+
+    @DataProvider
+    public static Object[][] accessModesProvider() {
+        return Stream.of(VarHandle.AccessMode.values()).
+                map(am -> new Object[]{am}).
+                toArray(Object[][]::new);
+    }
+
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "accessModesProvider")
+    public void testMethodName(VarHandle.AccessMode am) {
+        assertEquals(am.methodName(), toMethodName(am.name()));
+    }
+
+    private static String toMethodName(String name) {
+        StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(name.toLowerCase());
+        int i;
+        while ((i = s.indexOf("_")) !=  -1) {
+            s.deleteCharAt(i);
+            s.setCharAt(i, Character.toUpperCase(s.charAt(i)));
+        }
+        return s.toString();
+    }
+}