--- old/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	2018-09-26 14:03:43.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	2018-09-26 14:03:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -1213,11 +1213,7 @@
   if (length < 0)  {
     THROW_MSG_0(vmSymbols::java_lang_NegativeArraySizeException(), err_msg("%d", length));
   }
-  if (length > arrayOopDesc::max_array_length(T_OBJECT)) {
-    report_java_out_of_memory("Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
-    JvmtiExport::post_array_size_exhausted();
-    THROW_OOP_0(Universe::out_of_memory_error_array_size());
-  }
+  check_array_allocation_length(length, arrayOopDesc::max_array_length(T_OBJECT), CHECK_NULL);
   int size = objArrayOopDesc::object_size(length);
   Klass* ak = array_klass(n, CHECK_NULL);
   objArrayOop o = (objArrayOop)Universe::heap()->array_allocate(ak, size, length,