--- old/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	2018-02-26 15:31:29.121725124 -0800
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	2018-02-26 15:31:28.890703358 -0800
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@
 JRT_END
 
 void JVMCIRuntime::force_initialization(TRAPS) {
+  Arguments::set_force_init_jvmci_runtime();
   JVMCIRuntime::initialize_well_known_classes(CHECK);
 
   ResourceMark rm;