src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciCompiler.cpp

@@ -123,10 +123,15 @@
 } \
 (void)(0
 
 void JVMCICompiler::compile_method(const methodHandle& method, int entry_bci, JVMCIEnv* env) {
   JVMCI_EXCEPTION_CONTEXT
+  if (SystemDictionary::java_system_loader() == NULL) {
+    // 8160121: The system class loader is cached in the VM after VM init phase 3 has completed.
+    // We cannot compile before then as the ServiceLoader cannot be used until after phase 3.
+    return;
+  }
 
   bool is_osr = entry_bci != InvocationEntryBci;
   if (_bootstrapping && is_osr) {
       // no OSR compilations during bootstrap - the compiler is just too slow at this point,
       // and we know that there are no endless loops