*** old/src/hotspot/share/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp	Thu Dec  7 14:55:15 2017
--- new/src/hotspot/share/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp	Thu Dec  7 14:55:15 2017

*** 1625,1642 ****
--- 1625,1644 ----
          if (log_is_enabled(Trace, cds)) {
            ResourceMark rm;
            log_trace(cds)("Shared spaces preloaded: %s", klass->external_name());
          }
  
+         if (klass->is_instance_klass()) {
            InstanceKlass* ik = InstanceKlass::cast(klass);
  
            // Link the class to cause the bytecodes to be rewritten and the
            // cpcache to be created. The linking is done as soon as classes
            // are loaded in order that the related data structures (klass and
            // cpCache) are located together.
            try_link_class(ik, THREAD);
            guarantee(!HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION, "exception in link_class");
+         }
  
          class_count++;
        }
      }