--- old/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp 2018-08-06 14:14:01.382702014 -0400 +++ new/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp 2018-08-06 14:14:01.146702022 -0400 @@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ #ifdef PRODUCT } #endif + + // Clean up any metadata now unreferenced while MetadataOnStackMark is set. + ClassLoaderDataGraph::clean_deallocate_lists(false); } void VM_RedefineClasses::doit_epilogue() {