--- old/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.hpp	2016-08-31 13:57:45.453680690 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.hpp	2016-08-31 13:57:43.962607717 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
       Category2_2nd      = (Category2_2ndFlag << 1 * BitsPerByte) | Primitive,
 
       // Primitive values (type descriminator stored in most-signifcant bytes)
-      Bogus              = (ITEM_Bogus      << 2 * BitsPerByte) | Category1,
+      // Bogus needs the " | Primitive".  Else, is_reference(Bogus) returns TRUE.
+      Bogus              = (ITEM_Bogus      << 2 * BitsPerByte) | Primitive,
       Boolean            = (ITEM_Boolean    << 2 * BitsPerByte) | Category1,
       Byte               = (ITEM_Byte       << 2 * BitsPerByte) | Category1,
       Short              = (ITEM_Short      << 2 * BitsPerByte) | Category1,