--- old/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp 2014-08-12 10:27:36.971362158 +0200 +++ new/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp 2014-08-12 10:27:36.811805132 +0200 @@ -546,13 +546,18 @@ // normal bytecode execution. thread->clear_exception_oop_and_pc(); + Handle original_exception(thread, exception()); + continuation = SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nm, pc, exception, false, false); // If an exception was thrown during exception dispatch, the exception oop may have changed thread->set_exception_oop(exception()); thread->set_exception_pc(pc); // the exception cache is used only by non-implicit exceptions - if (continuation != NULL) { + // Update the exception cache only when there didn't happen + // another exception during the computation of the compiled + // exception handler. + if (continuation != NULL && original_exception() == exception()) { nm->add_handler_for_exception_and_pc(exception, pc, continuation); } }