src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp

@@ -2335,16 +2335,11 @@
   u1* sde_buffer = cfs->get_u1_buffer();
   assert(sde_buffer != NULL, "null sde buffer");
 
   // Don't bother storing it if there is no way to retrieve it
   if (JvmtiExport::can_get_source_debug_extension()) {
-    // Optimistically assume that only 1 byte UTF format is used
-    // (common case)
-    TempNewSymbol sde_symbol = SymbolTable::new_symbol((const char*)sde_buffer, length, CHECK);
-    k->set_source_debug_extension(sde_symbol);
-    // Note that set_source_debug_extension() increments the reference count
-    // for its copy of the Symbol*, so use a TempNewSymbol here.
+    k->set_source_debug_extension((char*)sde_buffer, length);
   }
   // Got utf8 string, set stream position forward
   cfs->skip_u1(length, CHECK);
 }