--- old/src/hotspot/share/oops/arrayKlass.cpp	2018-09-26 14:03:40.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/oops/arrayKlass.cpp	2018-09-26 14:03:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -133,11 +133,7 @@
   if (length < 0) {
     THROW_MSG_0(vmSymbols::java_lang_NegativeArraySizeException(), err_msg("%d", length));
   }
-  if (length > arrayOopDesc::max_array_length(T_ARRAY)) {
-    report_java_out_of_memory("Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
-    JvmtiExport::post_array_size_exhausted();
-    THROW_OOP_0(Universe::out_of_memory_error_array_size());
-  }
+  check_array_allocation_length(length, arrayOopDesc::max_array_length(T_ARRAY), CHECK_0);
   int size = objArrayOopDesc::object_size(length);
   Klass* k = array_klass(n+dimension(), CHECK_0);
   ArrayKlass* ak = ArrayKlass::cast(k);