diff -r 778ff2150570 -r 7e72702243a4 src/share/vm/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp	Sun Oct 14 20:44:38 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp	Tue Oct 16 10:40:23 2018 -0400
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 
 ClassLoaderData* SystemDictionary::register_loader(Handle class_loader, TRAPS) {
   if (class_loader() == NULL) return ClassLoaderData::the_null_class_loader_data();
-  return ClassLoaderDataGraph::find_or_create(class_loader, CHECK_NULL);
+  return ClassLoaderDataGraph::find_or_create(class_loader, THREAD);
 }
 
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