--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	Mon Mar 14 12:35:48 2016 +0300
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	Mon Mar 14 12:35:48 2016 +0300
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 JRT_BLOCK_ENTRY(void, JVMCIRuntime::new_instance(JavaThread* thread, Klass* klass))
   JRT_BLOCK;
   assert(klass->is_klass(), "not a class");
+  Handle holder(THREAD, klass->klass_holder()); // keep the klass alive
   instanceKlassHandle h(thread, klass);
   h->check_valid_for_instantiation(true, CHECK);
   // make sure klass is initialized
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@
     BasicType elt_type = TypeArrayKlass::cast(array_klass)->element_type();
     obj = oopFactory::new_typeArray(elt_type, length, CHECK);
   } else {
+    Handle holder(THREAD, array_klass->klass_holder()); // keep the klass alive
     Klass* elem_klass = ObjArrayKlass::cast(array_klass)->element_klass();
     obj = oopFactory::new_objArray(elem_klass, length, CHECK);
   }
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@
 JRT_ENTRY(void, JVMCIRuntime::new_multi_array(JavaThread* thread, Klass* klass, int rank, jint* dims))
   assert(klass->is_klass(), "not a class");
   assert(rank >= 1, "rank must be nonzero");
+  Handle holder(THREAD, klass->klass_holder()); // keep the klass alive
   oop obj = ArrayKlass::cast(klass)->multi_allocate(rank, dims, CHECK);
   thread->set_vm_result(obj);
 JRT_END