diff -r bc53a86f5357 -r dd05dac9563a src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Tue Mar 24 21:50:37 2020 +0000
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Fri Mar 27 19:15:09 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);