--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCompiler.hpp	Mon Nov 06 17:56:29 2017 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCompiler.hpp	Mon Nov 06 21:38:42 2017 +0100
@@ -55,10 +55,13 @@
 public:
   JVMCICompiler();
 
-  static JVMCICompiler* instance(TRAPS) {
+  static JVMCICompiler* instance(bool require_non_null, TRAPS) {
     if (!EnableJVMCI) {
       THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "JVMCI is not enabled")
     }
+    if (_instance == NULL && require_non_null) {
+      THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "The JVMCI compiler instance has not been created");
+    }
     return _instance;
   }