diff a/src/hotspot/share/oops/constantPool.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/oops/constantPool.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/constantPool.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/constantPool.cpp
@@ -369,10 +369,11 @@
         _cache->archived_references() != NULL) {
       oop archived = _cache->archived_references();
       // Create handle for the archived resolved reference array object
       Handle refs_handle(THREAD, archived);
       set_resolved_references(loader_data->add_handle(refs_handle));
+      _cache->clear_archived_references();
     } else
 #endif
     {
       // No mapped archived resolved reference array
       // Recreate the object array and add to ClassLoaderData.