src/share/vm/oops/klass.cpp

@@ -453,10 +453,16 @@
 
     // Clean the implementors list and method data.
     if (clean_alive_klasses && current->oop_is_instance()) {
       InstanceKlass* ik = InstanceKlass::cast(current);
       ik->clean_weak_instanceklass_links(is_alive);
+
+      // JVMTI RedefineClasses creates previous versions that are not in
+      // the class hierarchy, so process them here.
+      while ((ik = ik->previous_versions()) != NULL) {
+        ik->clean_weak_instanceklass_links(is_alive);
+      }
     }
   }
 }
 
 void Klass::klass_update_barrier_set(oop v) {