--- old/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	2018-08-01 09:14:05.247924086 -0400
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	2018-08-01 09:14:04.756198885 -0400
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@
     if (log_is_enabled(Info, exceptions)) {
       ResourceMark rm;
       stringStream tempst;
+      assert(cm->method() != NULL, "Unexpected null method()");
       tempst.print("compiled method <%s>\n"
                    " at PC" INTPTR_FORMAT " for thread " INTPTR_FORMAT,
                    cm->method()->print_value_string(), p2i(pc), p2i(thread));