diff a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.hpp
@@ -457,12 +457,18 @@
     if (name->is_Q_signature()) {
       // Remove the Q and ;
       // TBD need error msg if fundamental_name() returns NULL?
       Symbol* fund_name = name->fundamental_name(CHECK_(VerificationType::bogus_type()));
       return VerificationType::valuetype_type(fund_name);
+    } else if (name->is_L_signature()) {
+      // Remove the L and ;
+      // TBD need error msg if fundamental_name() returns NULL?
+      Symbol* fund_name = name->fundamental_name(CHECK_(VerificationType::bogus_type()));
+      return VerificationType::reference_type(fund_name);
+    } else {
+      return VerificationType::reference_type(name);
     }
-    return VerificationType::reference_type(name);
   }
 
   // Keep a list of temporary symbols created during verification because
   // their reference counts need to be decremented when the verifier object
   // goes out of scope.  Since these symbols escape the scope in which they're