*** old/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Fri Sep 19 11:48:31 2014
--- new/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Fri Sep 19 11:48:31 2014

*** 91,101 ****
--- 91,101 ----
    set_jfr_towrite(false);
    set_force_inline(false);
    set_hidden(false);
    set_dont_inline(false);
    set_method_data(NULL);
!   set_method_counters(NULL);
!   clear_method_counters();
    set_vtable_index(Method::garbage_vtable_index);
  
    // Fix and bury in Method*
    set_interpreter_entry(NULL); // sets i2i entry and from_int
    set_adapter_entry(NULL);

*** 115,125 ****
--- 115,125 ----
    MetadataFactory::free_metadata(loader_data, constMethod());
    set_constMethod(NULL);
    MetadataFactory::free_metadata(loader_data, method_data());
    set_method_data(NULL);
    MetadataFactory::free_metadata(loader_data, method_counters());
!   set_method_counters(NULL);
!   clear_method_counters();
    // The nmethod will be gone when we get here.
    if (code() != NULL) _code = NULL;
  }
  
  address Method::get_i2c_entry() {

*** 386,398 ****
--- 386,396 ----
  
  MethodCounters* Method::build_method_counters(Method* m, TRAPS) {
    methodHandle mh(m);
    ClassLoaderData* loader_data = mh->method_holder()->class_loader_data();
    MethodCounters* counters = MethodCounters::allocate(loader_data, CHECK_NULL);
!   if (mh->method_counters() == NULL) {
      mh->set_method_counters(counters);
    } else {
!   if (!mh->init_method_counters(counters)) {
      MetadataFactory::free_metadata(loader_data, counters);
    }
    return mh->method_counters();
  }
  

*** 850,860 ****
--- 848,858 ----
    // have already been called (before an exception happened), so
    // this->_method_data may not be NULL.
    assert(!DumpSharedSpaces || _method_data == NULL, "unexpected method data?");
  
    set_method_data(NULL);
!   set_method_counters(NULL);
!   clear_method_counters();
  }
  
  // Called when the method_holder is getting linked. Setup entrypoints so the method
  // is ready to be called from interpreter, compiler, and vtables.
  void Method::link_method(methodHandle h_method, TRAPS) {