diff a/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.inline.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.inline.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.inline.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/cpCache.inline.hpp
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@
                                             const intStack& inverse_index_map,
                                             const intStack& invokedynamic_inverse_index_map,
                                             const intStack& invokedynamic_references_map) :
                                                   _length(length),
                                                   _constant_pool(NULL) {
-  CDS_JAVA_HEAP_ONLY(_archived_references = narrowOop::null;)
+  CDS_JAVA_HEAP_ONLY(_archived_references_index = -1;)
   initialize(inverse_index_map, invokedynamic_inverse_index_map,
              invokedynamic_references_map);
   for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
     assert(entry_at(i)->is_f1_null(), "Failed to clear?");
   }