--- old/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.cpp	2016-01-22 15:20:58.426749302 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.cpp	2016-01-22 15:20:58.334745516 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@
 ArrayKlass::ArrayKlass(Symbol* name) :
   _dimension(1),
   _higher_dimension(NULL),
-  _lower_dimension(NULL),
-  // Arrays don't add any new methods, so their vtable is the same size as
-  // the vtable of klass Object.
-  _vtable_len(Universe::base_vtable_size()) {
+  _lower_dimension(NULL) {
+    // Arrays don't add any new methods, so their vtable is the same size as
+    // the vtable of klass Object.
+    set_vtable_length(Universe::base_vtable_size());
     set_name(name);
     set_super(Universe::is_bootstrapping() ? (Klass*)NULL : SystemDictionary::Object_klass());
     set_layout_helper(Klass::_lh_neutral_value);