--- old/src/share/vm/classfile/packageEntry.cpp	2017-07-18 22:54:31.468714453 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/classfile/packageEntry.cpp	2017-07-18 22:54:31.226790554 -0400
@@ -198,12 +198,7 @@
 
 PackageEntry* PackageEntryTable::new_entry(unsigned int hash, Symbol* name, ModuleEntry* module) {
   assert(Module_lock->owned_by_self(), "should have the Module_lock");
-  PackageEntry* entry = (PackageEntry*) NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, entry_size(), mtModule);
-
-  // Initialize everything BasicHashtable would
-  entry->set_next(NULL);
-  entry->set_hash(hash);
-  entry->set_literal(name);
+  PackageEntry* entry = (PackageEntry*)Hashtable<Symbol*, mtModule>::allocate_new_entry(hash, name);
 
   TRACE_INIT_ID(entry);