src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp

@@ -1617,11 +1617,15 @@
       if (klass == NULL)  continue;  // ignore things like evol_method
 
       // During GC the is_alive closure is non-NULL, and is used to
       // determine liveness of dependees that need to be updated.
       if (is_alive == NULL || klass->is_loader_alive(is_alive)) {
-        InstanceKlass::cast(klass)->remove_dependent_nmethod(this);
+        // The GC defers deletion of this entry, since there might be multiple threads
+        // iterating over the _dependencies graph. Other call paths are single-threaded
+        // and may delete it immediately.
+        bool delete_immediately = is_alive == NULL;
+        InstanceKlass::cast(klass)->remove_dependent_nmethod(this, delete_immediately);
       }
     }
   }
 }