--- old/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/IncompatibleOptions.java	2018-10-29 14:02:51.557467424 -0700
+++ new/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/IncompatibleOptions.java	2018-10-29 14:02:51.197453177 -0700
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
         "The shared archive file's CompactStrings setting .* does not equal the current CompactStrings setting";
 
     static String appJar;
-    static String[] globalVmOptions;
+    static String[] vmOptionsPrefix = {};
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        globalVmOptions = args; // specified by "@run main" in IncompatibleOptions_*.java
+        vmOptionsPrefix = args; // specified by "@run main" in IncompatibleOptions_*.java
         appJar = JarBuilder.build("IncompatibleOptions", "HelloString");
 
         // Uncompressed OOPs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 
         System.out.println("Testcase: " + testCaseNr);
         OutputAnalyzer output = TestCommon.dump(appJar, TestCommon.list("Hello"),
-            TestCommon.concat(globalVmOptions,
+            TestCommon.concat(vmOptionsPrefix,
                 "-XX:+UseCompressedOops",
                 collectorOption,
                 "-XX:SharedArchiveConfigFile=" + TestCommon.getSourceFile("SharedStringsBasic.txt"),
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@
         // main class param, and fails with "Could not find or load main class"
         if (!extraOption.isEmpty()) {
             output = TestCommon.exec(appJar,
-                TestCommon.concat(globalVmOptions,
+                TestCommon.concat(vmOptionsPrefix,
                     "-XX:+UseCompressedOops",
                     collectorOption, "-Xlog:cds", extraOption, "HelloString"));
         } else {
             output = TestCommon.exec(appJar,
-                TestCommon.concat(globalVmOptions,
+                TestCommon.concat(vmOptionsPrefix,
                     "-XX:+UseCompressedOops",
                     collectorOption, "-Xlog:cds", "HelloString"));
         }