--- a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp	Mon Oct 15 02:47:40 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Runtime1.cpp	Mon Oct 22 05:22:32 2018 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2018, 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
@@ -544,13 +544,14 @@
     thread->set_exception_oop(NULL);
     thread->set_exception_pc(NULL);
 
-    continuation = SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nm, pc, exception, false, false);
+    bool recursive_exception = false;
+    continuation = SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nm, pc, exception, false, false, recursive_exception);
     // If an exception was thrown during exception dispatch, the exception oop may have changed
     thread->set_exception_oop(exception());
     thread->set_exception_pc(pc);
 
     // the exception cache is used only by non-implicit exceptions
-    if (continuation != NULL) {
+    if (continuation != NULL && !recursive_exception) {
       nm->add_handler_for_exception_and_pc(exception, pc, continuation);
     }
   }

--- a/src/share/vm/opto/runtime.cpp	Mon Oct 15 02:47:40 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/runtime.cpp	Mon Oct 22 05:22:32 2018 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018, 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
@@ -1042,17 +1042,23 @@
         force_unwind ? NULL : nm->handler_for_exception_and_pc(exception, pc);
 
       if (handler_address == NULL) {
-        Handle original_exception(thread, exception());
-        handler_address = SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nm, pc, exception, force_unwind, true);
+        bool recursive_exception = false;
+        handler_address = SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nm, pc, exception, force_unwind, true, recursive_exception);
         assert (handler_address != NULL, "must have compiled handler");
         // Update the exception cache only when the unwind was not forced
         // and there didn't happen another exception during the computation of the
-        // compiled exception handler.
-        if (!force_unwind && original_exception() == exception()) {
+        // compiled exception handler. Checking for exception oop equality is not
+        // sufficient because some exceptions are pre-allocated and reused.
+        if (!force_unwind && !recursive_exception) {
           nm->add_handler_for_exception_and_pc(exception,pc,handler_address);
         }
       } else {
-        assert(handler_address == SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nm, pc, exception, force_unwind, true), "Must be the same");
+#ifdef ASSERT
+        bool recursive_exception = false;
+        address computed_address = SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nm, pc, exception, force_unwind, true, recursive_exception);
+        assert(recursive_exception || (handler_address == computed_address), err_msg("Handler address inconsistency: " PTR_FORMAT " != " PTR_FORMAT,
+                 p2i(handler_address), p2i(computed_address)));
+#endif
       }
     }
 

--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	Mon Oct 15 02:47:40 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	Mon Oct 22 05:22:32 2018 +0100
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@
 // ret_pc points into caller; we are returning caller's exception handler
 // for given exception
 address SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nmethod* nm, address ret_pc, Handle& exception,
-                                                    bool force_unwind, bool top_frame_only) {
+                                                    bool force_unwind, bool top_frame_only, bool& recursive_exception_occurred) {
   assert(nm != NULL, "must exist");
   ResourceMark rm;
 
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@
         // BCI of the exception handler which caused the exception to be
         // thrown (bugs 4307310 and 4546590). Set "exception" reference
         // argument to ensure that the correct exception is thrown (4870175).
+        recursive_exception_occurred = true;
         exception = Handle(THREAD, PENDING_EXCEPTION);
         CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION;
         if (handler_bci >= 0) {

--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.hpp	Mon Oct 15 02:47:40 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.hpp	Mon Oct 22 05:22:32 2018 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2018, 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
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 
   // exception handling and implicit exceptions
   static address compute_compiled_exc_handler(nmethod* nm, address ret_pc, Handle& exception,
-                                              bool force_unwind, bool top_frame_only);
+                                              bool force_unwind, bool top_frame_only, bool& recursive_exception_occurred);
   enum ImplicitExceptionKind {
     IMPLICIT_NULL,
     IMPLICIT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO,