--- a/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.cpp	Sun Sep 22 18:07:43 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.cpp	Mon Sep 23 08:56:19 2013 -0700
@@ -1611,9 +1611,11 @@
     case JVM_CONSTANT_UnresolvedClassInError:
     case JVM_CONSTANT_StringIndex:
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType:
+    case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodTypeInError:
       return 3;
 
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle:
+    case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandleInError:
       return 4; //tag, ref_kind, ref_index
 
     case JVM_CONSTANT_Integer:
@@ -1794,8 +1796,8 @@
       case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle:
       case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandleInError: {
         *bytes = JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle;
-        int kind = method_handle_ref_kind_at(idx);
-        idx1 = method_handle_index_at(idx);
+        int kind = method_handle_ref_kind_at_error_ok(idx);
+        idx1 = method_handle_index_at_error_ok(idx);
         *(bytes+1) = (unsigned char) kind;
         Bytes::put_Java_u2((address) (bytes+2), idx1);
         DBG(printf("JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle: %d %hd", kind, idx1));
@@ -1804,7 +1806,7 @@
       case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType:
       case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodTypeInError: {
         *bytes = JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType;
-        idx1 = method_type_index_at(idx);
+        idx1 = method_type_index_at_error_ok(idx);
         Bytes::put_Java_u2((address) (bytes+1), idx1);
         DBG(printf("JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType: %hd", idx1));
         break;
@@ -1992,12 +1994,12 @@
       break;
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle :
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandleInError :
-      st->print("ref_kind=%d", method_handle_ref_kind_at(index));
-      st->print(" ref_index=%d", method_handle_index_at(index));
+      st->print("ref_kind=%d", method_handle_ref_kind_at_error_ok(index));
+      st->print(" ref_index=%d", method_handle_index_at_error_ok(index));
       break;
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType :
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodTypeInError :
-      st->print("signature_index=%d", method_type_index_at(index));
+      st->print("signature_index=%d", method_type_index_at_error_ok(index));
       break;
     case JVM_CONSTANT_InvokeDynamic :
       {

--- a/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.hpp	Sun Sep 22 18:07:43 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.hpp	Mon Sep 23 08:56:19 2013 -0700
@@ -474,18 +474,42 @@
     return *int_at_addr(which);
   }
 
+ private:
+  int method_handle_ref_kind_at(int which, bool error_ok) {
+    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle() ||
+           (error_ok && tag_at(which).is_method_handle_in_error()), "Corrupted constant pool");
+    return extract_low_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // mask out unwanted ref_index bits
+  }
+  int method_handle_index_at(int which, bool error_ok) {
+    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle() ||
+           (error_ok && tag_at(which).is_method_handle_in_error()), "Corrupted constant pool");
+    return extract_high_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // shift out unwanted ref_kind bits
+  }
+  int method_type_index_at(int which, bool error_ok) {
+    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_type() ||
+           (error_ok && tag_at(which).is_method_type_in_error()), "Corrupted constant pool");
+    return *int_at_addr(which);
+  }
+ public:
   int method_handle_ref_kind_at(int which) {
-    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle(), "Corrupted constant pool");
-    return extract_low_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // mask out unwanted ref_index bits
+    return method_handle_ref_kind_at(which, false);
+  }
+  int method_handle_ref_kind_at_error_ok(int which) {
+    return method_handle_ref_kind_at(which, true);
   }
   int method_handle_index_at(int which) {
-    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle(), "Corrupted constant pool");
-    return extract_high_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // shift out unwanted ref_kind bits
+    return method_handle_index_at(which, false);
+  }
+  int method_handle_index_at_error_ok(int which) {
+    return method_handle_index_at(which, true);
   }
   int method_type_index_at(int which) {
-    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_type(), "Corrupted constant pool");
-    return *int_at_addr(which);
+    return method_type_index_at(which, false);
   }
+  int method_type_index_at_error_ok(int which) {
+    return method_type_index_at(which, true);
+  }
+
   // Derived queries:
   Symbol* method_handle_name_ref_at(int which) {
     int member = method_handle_index_at(which);