diff -r 27e4ea99855d -r 3582bf76420e src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.cpp	Thu Jan 27 13:42:28 2011 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.cpp	Thu Jan 27 16:11:27 2011 -0800
@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@
       _stream->stackmap_format_error("bad class index", THREAD);
       return VerificationType::bogus_type();
     }
-    return VerificationType::reference_type(
-      symbolHandle(THREAD, _cp->klass_name_at(class_index)));
+    return VerificationType::reference_type(_cp->klass_name_at(class_index));
   }
   if (tag == ITEM_UninitializedThis) {
     if (flags != NULL) {