src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.java

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              return fromClass(kind.toJavaClass());
          }
  
          // Resolve non-primitive types in the VM.
          HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl hsAccessingType = (HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl) accessingType;
+         try {
              final HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl klass = compilerToVm.lookupType(name, hsAccessingType.mirror(), resolve);
  
              if (klass == null) {
                  assert resolve == false;
                  return HotSpotUnresolvedJavaType.create(this, name);
              }
              return klass;
+         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+             throw (NoClassDefFoundError) new NoClassDefFoundError().initCause(e);
+         }
      }
  
      public JVMCIBackend getHostJVMCIBackend() {
          return hostBackend;
      }