--- old/src/share/vm/oops/methodCounters.hpp	2016-10-31 17:47:01.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/vm/oops/methodCounters.hpp	2016-10-31 17:47:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
  friend class VMStructs;
  friend class JVMCIVMStructs;
  private:
+  Method*           _method;                     // Back link to Method
 #if defined(COMPILER2) || INCLUDE_JVMCI
   int               _interpreter_invocation_count; // Count of times invoked (reused as prev_event_count in tiered)
   u2                _interpreter_throwout_count; // Count of times method was exited via exception while interpreting
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@
   u1                _highest_osr_comp_level;      // Same for OSR level
 #endif
 
-  MethodCounters(methodHandle mh) : _nmethod_age(INT_MAX)
+  MethodCounters(methodHandle mh) : _method(mh()),
+                                    _nmethod_age(INT_MAX)
 #ifdef TIERED
                                  , _rate(0),
                                    _prev_time(0),
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@
   void deallocate_contents(ClassLoaderData* loader_data) {}
   DEBUG_ONLY(bool on_stack() { return false; })  // for template
 
+  Method* method() const { return _method; }
+
   static int size() { return sizeof(MethodCounters) / wordSize; }
 
   bool is_klass() const { return false; }