diff -r e4049522b074 -r 59ea39bb2809 src/hotspot/share/runtime/signature.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/signature.cpp	Tue May 14 11:28:44 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/signature.cpp	Tue May 14 11:29:18 2019 -0400
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
   return _type == T_ARRAY;
 }
 
-Symbol* SignatureStream::as_symbol(TRAPS) {
+Symbol* SignatureStream::as_symbol() {
   // Create a symbol from for string _begin _end
   int begin = _begin;
   int end   = _end;
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
 
   // Save names for cleaning up reference count at the end of
   // SignatureStream scope.
-  name = SymbolTable::new_symbol(symbol_chars, len, CHECK_NULL);
+  name = SymbolTable::new_symbol(symbol_chars, len);
   if (!name->is_permanent()) {
     if (_names == NULL) {
       _names = new GrowableArray<Symbol*>(10);
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@
 }
 
 Klass* SignatureStream::as_klass(Handle class_loader, Handle protection_domain,
-                                   FailureMode failure_mode, TRAPS) {
+                                 FailureMode failure_mode, TRAPS) {
   if (!is_object())  return NULL;
-  Symbol* name = as_symbol(CHECK_NULL);
+  Symbol* name = as_symbol();
   if (failure_mode == ReturnNull) {
     return SystemDictionary::resolve_or_null(name, class_loader, protection_domain, THREAD);
   } else {