--- old/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.cpp	2020-03-26 15:58:17.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.cpp	2020-03-26 15:58:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -2081,6 +2081,8 @@
   oop loader = current_class()->class_loader();
   oop protection_domain = current_class()->protection_domain();
 
+  assert(name_in_supers(name, current_class()), "name should be a super class");
+
   Klass* kls = SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail(
     name, Handle(THREAD, loader), Handle(THREAD, protection_domain),
     true, THREAD);