--- old/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	2018-06-12 06:31:18.424606522 -0400
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	2018-06-12 06:31:16.848515591 -0400
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 SystemProperty *Arguments::_java_home = NULL;
 SystemProperty *Arguments::_java_class_path = NULL;
 SystemProperty *Arguments::_jdk_boot_class_path_append = NULL;
+SystemProperty *Arguments::_vm_info = NULL;
 
 GrowableArray<ModulePatchPath*> *Arguments::_patch_mod_prefix = NULL;
 PathString *Arguments::_system_boot_class_path = NULL;
@@ -395,9 +396,11 @@
                                                            "Java Virtual Machine Specification",  false));
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.version", VM_Version::vm_release(),  false));
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.name", VM_Version::vm_name(),  false));
-  PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.info", VM_Version::vm_info_string(),  true));
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("jdk.debug", VM_Version::jdk_debug_level(),  false));
 
+  // Initialize the vm.info now, but it will need updating after argument parsing.
+  _vm_info = new SystemProperty("java.vm.info", VM_Version::vm_info_string(), true);
+
   // Following are JVMTI agent writable properties.
   // Properties values are set to NULL and they are
   // os specific they are initialized in os::init_system_properties_values().
@@ -417,6 +420,7 @@
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, _java_home);
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, _java_class_path);
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, _jdk_boot_class_path_append);
+  PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, _vm_info);
 
   // Set OS specific system properties values
   os::init_system_properties_values();
@@ -4451,18 +4455,6 @@
   PropertyList_add(plist, k, v, writeable == WriteableProperty, internal == InternalProperty);
 }
 
-// Update existing property with new value.
-void Arguments::PropertyList_update_value(SystemProperty* plist, const char* k, const char* v) {
-  SystemProperty* prop;
-  for (prop = plist; prop != NULL; prop = prop->next()) {
-    if (strcmp(k, prop->key()) == 0) {
-        prop->set_value(v);
-        return;
-    }
-  }
-  assert(false, "invalid property");
-}
-
 // Copies src into buf, replacing "%%" with "%" and "%p" with pid
 // Returns true if all of the source pointed by src has been copied over to
 // the destination buffer pointed by buf. Otherwise, returns false.