diff a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionaryShared.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionaryShared.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionaryShared.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionaryShared.hpp
@@ -221,10 +221,11 @@
   static bool _dump_in_progress;
   DEBUG_ONLY(static bool _no_class_loading_should_happen;)
 
 public:
   static bool is_hidden_lambda_proxy(InstanceKlass* ik);
+  static bool is_early_klass(InstanceKlass* k);   // Was k loaded while JvmtiExport::is_early_phase()==true
   static Handle init_security_info(Handle class_loader, InstanceKlass* ik, PackageEntry* pkg_entry, TRAPS);
   static InstanceKlass* find_builtin_class(Symbol* class_name);
 
   static const RunTimeSharedClassInfo* find_record(RunTimeSharedDictionary* static_dict,
                                                    RunTimeSharedDictionary* dynamic_dict,