--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Mon Apr 24 21:34:24 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Thu Apr 13 01:56:01 2017 -0700
@@ -1191,7 +1191,6 @@
   }
 
   assert(ik->is_subclass_of(method_holder()), "should be subklass");
-  assert(ik->vtable() != NULL, "vtable should exist");
   if (!has_vtable_index()) {
     return false;
   } else {