diff -r 4b6e79c930bf -r a7c52c776c30 src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Mon Jul 06 10:33:54 2015 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Wed Jul 08 10:36:43 2015 -0400
@@ -3307,6 +3307,9 @@
 
   extern void JDK_Version_init();
 
+  // Preinitialize version info.
+  VM_Version::early_initialize();
+
   // Check version
   if (!is_supported_jni_version(args->version)) return JNI_EVERSION;