--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/vtableStubs_sparc.cpp	Fri Sep 20 11:17:04 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/vtableStubs_sparc.cpp	Tue Sep 24 15:56:25 2013 +0200
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
 VtableStub* VtableStubs::create_vtable_stub(int vtable_index) {
   const int sparc_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(true);
   VtableStub* s = new(sparc_code_length) VtableStub(true, vtable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), sparc_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);
@@ -125,6 +130,11 @@
 VtableStub* VtableStubs::create_itable_stub(int itable_index) {
   const int sparc_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(false);
   VtableStub* s = new(sparc_code_length) VtableStub(false, itable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), sparc_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);