diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
index 65900a23f3d325d3acdc8f2ad23212d27a37579d..fbd7cc51b017b8c36d86dfcbc571de98da072375 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, 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
@@ -2852,6 +2852,15 @@ void java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmindex(oop mname, intptr_t index) {
   mname->address_field_put(_vmindex_offset, (address) index);
 }
 
+bool java_lang_invoke_MemberName::equals(oop mn1, oop mn2) {
+  if (mn1 == mn2) {
+     return true;
+  }
+  return (vmtarget(mn1) == vmtarget(mn2) && flags(mn1) == flags(mn2) &&
+          vmindex(mn1) == vmindex(mn2) &&
+          clazz(mn1) == clazz(mn2));
+}
+
 oop java_lang_invoke_LambdaForm::vmentry(oop lform) {
   assert(is_instance(lform), "wrong type");
   return lform->obj_field(_vmentry_offset);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp
index 02784dcb4d682fe7faae25b2761b0fe575ad03c1..db611838a0ca8533c495f1ad21657c56aeb6de90 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, 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
@@ -1132,6 +1132,8 @@ class java_lang_invoke_MemberName: AllStatic {
   static int flags_offset_in_bytes()            { return _flags_offset; }
   static int vmtarget_offset_in_bytes()         { return _vmtarget_offset; }
   static int vmindex_offset_in_bytes()          { return _vmindex_offset; }
+
+  static bool equals(oop mt1, oop mt2);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
index 15153b316d26ddd623453fb6fac5ccc6af578dee..b1c09f633bc4c6960df36a9a75066c85307b12c4 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
@@ -3062,7 +3062,7 @@ nmethod* InstanceKlass::lookup_osr_nmethod(const Method* m, int bci, int comp_le
   return NULL;
 }
 
-bool InstanceKlass::add_member_name(Handle mem_name) {
+oop InstanceKlass::add_member_name(Handle mem_name, bool intern) {
   jweak mem_name_wref = JNIHandles::make_weak_global(mem_name);
   MutexLocker ml(MemberNameTable_lock);
   DEBUG_ONLY(No_Safepoint_Verifier nsv);
@@ -3072,7 +3072,7 @@ bool InstanceKlass::add_member_name(Handle mem_name) {
   // is called!
   Method* method = (Method*)java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmtarget(mem_name());
   if (method->is_obsolete()) {
-    return false;
+    return NULL;
   } else if (method->is_old()) {
     // Replace method with redefined version
     java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmtarget(mem_name(), method_with_idnum(method->method_idnum()));
@@ -3081,8 +3081,11 @@ bool InstanceKlass::add_member_name(Handle mem_name) {
   if (_member_names == NULL) {
     _member_names = new (ResourceObj::C_HEAP, mtClass) MemberNameTable(idnum_allocated_count());
   }
-  _member_names->add_member_name(mem_name_wref);
-  return true;
+  if (intern) {
+    return _member_names->find_or_add_member_name(mem_name_wref);
+  } else {
+    return _member_names->add_member_name(mem_name_wref);
+  }
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
index ccdd3815d62e529af902b52e0dacdeedf2349cd7..e1fba31c1fa7c791f2d98240e403e4bbd668810f 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ public:
   // JSR-292 support
   MemberNameTable* member_names() { return _member_names; }
   void set_member_names(MemberNameTable* member_names) { _member_names = member_names; }
-  bool add_member_name(Handle member_name);
+  oop add_member_name(Handle member_name, bool intern);
 
 public:
   // JVMTI support
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
index 890a4612c82c47973607b52263b79c9881a165a9..36aa9cb669c5120ff50c34833db93838a0aee6e9 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ JVM_ENTRY(jobject, JVM_Clone(JNIEnv* env, jobject handle))
       // This can safepoint and redefine method, so need both new_obj and method
       // in a handle, for two different reasons.  new_obj can move, method can be
       // deleted if nothing is using it on the stack.
-      m->method_holder()->add_member_name(new_obj());
+      m->method_holder()->add_member_name(new_obj(), false);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp
index 62aece7324e27c5e2a12cb1214ceeaa2e2fc5caf..073dae1a181a421cc00d15ad62bfbb480dd97b75 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ oop MethodHandles::init_MemberName(Handle mname, Handle target) {
   return NULL;
 }
 
-oop MethodHandles::init_method_MemberName(Handle mname, CallInfo& info) {
+oop MethodHandles::init_method_MemberName(Handle mname, CallInfo& info, bool intern) {
   assert(info.resolved_appendix().is_null(), "only normal methods here");
   methodHandle m = info.resolved_method();
   KlassHandle m_klass = m->method_holder();
@@ -270,13 +270,7 @@ oop MethodHandles::init_method_MemberName(Handle mname, CallInfo& info) {
   // If relevant, the vtable or itable value is stored as vmindex.
   // This is done eagerly, since it is readily available without
   // constructing any new objects.
-  // TO DO: maybe intern mname_oop
-  if (m->method_holder()->add_member_name(mname)) {
-    return mname();
-  } else {
-    // Redefinition caused this to fail.  Return NULL (and an exception?)
-    return NULL;
-  }
+  return m->method_holder()->add_member_name(mname, intern);
 }
 
 oop MethodHandles::init_field_MemberName(Handle mname, fieldDescriptor& fd, bool is_setter) {
@@ -917,7 +911,9 @@ int MethodHandles::find_MemberNames(KlassHandle k,
         if (!java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_instance(result()))
           return -99;  // caller bug!
         CallInfo info(m);
-        oop saved = MethodHandles::init_method_MemberName(result, info);
+        // Since this is going through the methods to create MemberNames, don't search
+        // for matching methods already in the table
+        oop saved = MethodHandles::init_method_MemberName(result, info, /*intern*/false);
         if (saved != result())
           results->obj_at_put(rfill-1, saved);  // show saved instance to user
       } else if (++overflow >= overflow_limit) {
@@ -949,9 +945,34 @@ MemberNameTable::~MemberNameTable() {
   }
 }
 
-void MemberNameTable::add_member_name(jweak mem_name_wref) {
+oop MemberNameTable::add_member_name(jweak mem_name_wref) {
   assert_locked_or_safepoint(MemberNameTable_lock);
   this->push(mem_name_wref);
+  return JNIHandles::resolve(mem_name_wref);
+}
+
+oop MemberNameTable::find_or_add_member_name(jweak mem_name_wref) {
+  assert_locked_or_safepoint(MemberNameTable_lock);
+  oop new_mem_name = JNIHandles::resolve(mem_name_wref);
+
+  // Find matching member name in the list.
+  // This is linear because these are short lists.
+  int len = this->length();
+  int new_index = len;
+  for (int idx = 0; idx < len; idx++) {
+    oop mname = JNIHandles::resolve(this->at(idx));
+    if (mname == NULL) {
+      new_index = idx;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (java_lang_invoke_MemberName::equals(new_mem_name, mname)) {
+      JNIHandles::destroy_weak_global(mem_name_wref);
+      return mname;
+    }
+  }
+  // Not found, push the new one, or reuse empty slot
+  this->at_put_grow(new_index, mem_name_wref);
+  return new_mem_name;
 }
 
 #if INCLUDE_JVMTI
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.hpp b/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.hpp
index c28d29460a2173b713a84400a07a7d4285c3ae57..9d33768b378b823791cf3f309d867b4ae2e2a41b 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2017, 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
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class MethodHandles: AllStatic {
   static Handle new_MemberName(TRAPS);  // must be followed by init_MemberName
   static oop init_MemberName(Handle mname_h, Handle target_h); // compute vmtarget/vmindex from target
   static oop init_field_MemberName(Handle mname_h, fieldDescriptor& fd, bool is_setter = false);
-  static oop init_method_MemberName(Handle mname_h, CallInfo& info);
+  static oop init_method_MemberName(Handle mname_h, CallInfo& info, bool intern = true);
   static int method_ref_kind(Method* m, bool do_dispatch_if_possible = true);
   static int find_MemberNames(KlassHandle k, Symbol* name, Symbol* sig,
                               int mflags, KlassHandle caller,
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ class MemberNameTable : public GrowableArray<jweak> {
  public:
   MemberNameTable(int methods_cnt);
   ~MemberNameTable();
-  void add_member_name(jweak mem_name_ref);
+  oop add_member_name(jweak mem_name_ref);
+  oop find_or_add_member_name(jweak mem_name_ref);
 
 #if INCLUDE_JVMTI
   // RedefineClasses() API support: