diff -r 00eaaa430a54 -r 8f2780b3e4fa src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Fri Mar 20 14:26:22 2020 +0000
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Wed Mar 25 03:20:59 2020 +0000
@@ -836,7 +836,9 @@
 }
 
 void Thread::oops_do(OopClosure* f, CLDClosure* cld_f, CodeBlobClosure* cf) {
-  active_handles()->oops_do(f);
+  if (active_handles() != NULL) {
+    active_handles()->oops_do(f);
+  }
   // Do oop for ThreadShadow
   f->do_oop((oop*)&_pending_exception);
   handle_area()->oops_do(f);