--- old/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	2018-09-07 13:41:22.607132080 -0400
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	2018-09-07 13:41:22.161077963 -0400
@@ -1231,8 +1231,7 @@
       // verifier. Please, refer to jvmtiThreadState.hpp for the detailed
       // description.
       RedefineVerifyMark rvm(the_class, scratch_class, state);
-      Verifier::verify(
-        scratch_class, Verifier::ThrowException, true, THREAD);
+      Verifier::verify(scratch_class, true, THREAD);
     }
 
     if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
@@ -1263,7 +1262,7 @@
       // verify what we have done during constant pool merging
       {
         RedefineVerifyMark rvm(the_class, scratch_class, state);
-        Verifier::verify(scratch_class, Verifier::ThrowException, true, THREAD);
+        Verifier::verify(scratch_class, true, THREAD);
       }
 
       if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {