src/java.base/share/native/libjli/java.c

@@ -1324,11 +1324,13 @@
                    JLI_StrCCmp(arg, "--class-path=") == 0 ||
                    JLI_StrCmp(arg, "-classpath") == 0 ||
                    JLI_StrCmp(arg, "-cp") == 0) {
             REPORT_ERROR (has_arg_any_len, ARG_ERROR1, arg);
             SetClassPath(value);
+            if (mode != LM_SOURCE) {
             mode = LM_CLASS;
+            }
         } else if (JLI_StrCmp(arg, "--list-modules") == 0) {
             listModules = JNI_TRUE;
         } else if (JLI_StrCmp(arg, "--show-resolved-modules") == 0) {
             showResolvedModules = JNI_TRUE;
         } else if (JLI_StrCmp(arg, "--validate-modules") == 0) {