diff -r 5ee58c7d3938 -r 0b85ccd62409 src/share/vm/runtime/javaCalls.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/javaCalls.cpp	Tue Dec 13 10:07:12 2016 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/javaCalls.cpp	Tue Dec 13 14:37:04 2016 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 
 void JavaCalls::call_special(JavaValue* result, KlassHandle klass, Symbol* name, Symbol* signature, JavaCallArguments* args, TRAPS) {
   CallInfo callinfo;
-  LinkResolver::resolve_special_call(callinfo, klass, name, signature, KlassHandle(), false, CHECK);
+  LinkResolver::resolve_special_call(callinfo, args->receiver(), klass, name, signature, KlassHandle(), false, CHECK);
   methodHandle method = callinfo.selected_method();
   assert(method.not_null(), "should have thrown exception");