--- old/src/cpu/ppc/vm/interpreterRT_ppc.hpp	2017-07-27 08:46:48.445633161 -0400
+++ new/src/cpu/ppc/vm/interpreterRT_ppc.hpp	2017-07-27 08:46:48.133960769 -0400
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
  public:
   // Creation
-  SignatureHandlerGenerator(methodHandle method, CodeBuffer* buffer) : NativeSignatureIterator(method) {
+  SignatureHandlerGenerator(const methodHandle& method, CodeBuffer* buffer) : NativeSignatureIterator(method) {
     _masm = new MacroAssembler(buffer);
     _num_used_fp_arg_regs = 0;
   }