--- old/src/share/vm/memory/filemap.cpp	2016-12-08 19:05:34.215329774 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/memory/filemap.cpp	2016-12-08 19:05:32.815249780 -0500
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@
   _classpath_entry_table_size = mapinfo->_classpath_entry_table_size;
   _classpath_entry_table = mapinfo->_classpath_entry_table;
   _classpath_entry_size = mapinfo->_classpath_entry_size;
-  _num_patch_mod_prefixes = ClassLoader::num_patch_mod_prefixes();
 
   // The following fields are for sanity checks for whether this archive
   // will function correctly with this JVM and the bootclasspath it's
@@ -948,23 +947,6 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Check if there is a mismatch in --patch-module entry counts between dump time and run time.
-  // More checks will be performed on individual --patch-module entry in the
-  // SharedPathsMiscInfo::check() function.
-  GrowableArray<ModulePatchPath*>* patch_mod_args = Arguments::get_patch_mod_prefix();
-  if (patch_mod_args != NULL) {
-    if (_num_patch_mod_prefixes == 0) {
-      FileMapInfo::fail_stop("--patch-module found in run time but none was specified in dump time");
-    }
-    if (patch_mod_args->length() != _num_patch_mod_prefixes) {
-      FileMapInfo::fail_stop("mismatched --patch-module entry counts between dump time and run time");
-    }
-  } else {
-    if (_num_patch_mod_prefixes > 0) {
-      FileMapInfo::fail_stop("--patch-module specified in dump time but none was specified in run time");
-    }
-  }
-
   return true;
 }