--- a/src/share/vm/opto/memnode.cpp	Mon Dec 23 09:31:58 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/memnode.cpp	Fri Dec 06 16:43:56 2013 -0800
@@ -1957,6 +1957,11 @@
       if (t != NULL) {
         // constant oop => constant klass
         if (offset == java_lang_Class::array_klass_offset_in_bytes()) {
+          if (t->is_void()) {
+            // We cannot create a void array.  Since void is a primitive type return null
+            // klass.  Users of this result need to do a null check on the returned klass.
+            return TypePtr::NULL_PTR;
+          }
           return TypeKlassPtr::make(ciArrayKlass::make(t));
         }
         if (!t->is_klass()) {

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/compiler/reflection/ArrayNewInstanceOfVoid.java	Fri Dec 06 16:43:56 2013 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8029366
+ * @summary ShouldNotReachHere error when creating an array with component type of void
+ */
+
+public class ArrayNewInstanceOfVoid {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100_000; i++) {
+            test();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void test() {
+        try {
+            java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(void.class, 2);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            // expected
+        }
+    }
+}