--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.hpp	Wed Oct 21 13:46:25 2015 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.hpp	Fri Oct 23 16:48:38 2015 -0400
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
                               const char* message,
                               ExceptionMsgToUtf8Mode to_utf8_safe = safe_to_utf8);
 
-  static void throw_stack_overflow_exception(Thread* thread, const char* file, int line, methodHandle method);
+  static void throw_stack_overflow_exception(Thread* thread, const char* file, int line, const methodHandle& method);
 
   // Exception counting for error files of interesting exceptions that may have
   // caused a problem for the jvm