diff -r 8a6a85321d3a -r 891687731b59 src/cpu/x86/vm/vtableStubs_x86_32.cpp
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/vtableStubs_x86_32.cpp	Fri Sep 20 11:17:04 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/vtableStubs_x86_32.cpp	Tue Sep 24 15:56:25 2013 +0200
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
 VtableStub* VtableStubs::create_vtable_stub(int vtable_index) {
   const int i486_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(true);
   VtableStub* s = new(i486_code_length) VtableStub(true, vtable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), i486_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);
@@ -132,6 +137,11 @@
   //            add code here, bump the code stub size returned by pd_code_size_limit!
   const int i486_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(false);
   VtableStub* s = new(i486_code_length) VtableStub(false, itable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), i486_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);