src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.cpp

@@ -2807,11 +2807,11 @@
           "Third and fourth operand bytes of invokedynamic must be zero");
       return;
     }
   }
 
-  if (method_name->byte_at(0) == '<') {
+  if (method_name->char_at(0) == '<') {
     // Make sure <init> can only be invoked by invokespecial
     if (opcode != Bytecodes::_invokespecial ||
         method_name != vmSymbols::object_initializer_name()) {
       verify_error(ErrorContext::bad_code(bci),
           "Illegal call to internal method");