diff --git a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIR.cpp b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIR.cpp
index 76086794fbc7b47faecf65429292f4aa24c77aae..900bd827a3de5db1f6a82d19be8e1923b0d3d87f 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIR.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIR.cpp
@@ -2112,8 +2112,14 @@ void LIR_OpProfileCall::print_instr(outputStream* out) const {
 
 // LIR_OpProfileType
 void LIR_OpProfileType::print_instr(outputStream* out) const {
-  out->print("exact = "); exact_klass()->print_name_on(out);
-  out->print("current = "); ciTypeEntries::print_ciklass(out, current_klass());
+  out->print("exact = ");
+  if  (exact_klass() == NULL) {
+    out->print("unknown");
+  } else {
+    exact_klass()->print_name_on(out);
+  }
+  out->print(" current = "); ciTypeEntries::print_ciklass(out, current_klass());
+  out->print(" ");
   mdp()->print(out);          out->print(" ");
   obj()->print(out);          out->print(" ");
   tmp()->print(out);          out->print(" ");
diff --git a/test/compiler/print/TestProfileReturnTypePrinting.java b/test/compiler/print/TestProfileReturnTypePrinting.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ca57139c3a2aea1f06750582c7d044144a8ca70b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compiler/print/TestProfileReturnTypePrinting.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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 8073154
+ * @build TestProfileReturnTypePrinting
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:TypeProfileLevel=020
+ *                   -XX:CompileOnly=TestProfileReturnTypePrinting.testMethod
+ *                   -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:+PrintLIR
+ *                   TestProfileReturnTypePrinting
+ * @summary Verify that c1's LIR that contains ProfileType node could be dumped
+ *          without a crash disregard to an exact class knowledge.
+ */
+public class TestProfileReturnTypePrinting {
+    private static final int ITERATIONS = 1_000_000;
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
+            TestProfileReturnTypePrinting.testMethod(i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int testMethod(int i) {
+        return TestProfileReturnTypePrinting.foo().hashCode()
+                + TestProfileReturnTypePrinting.bar(i).hashCode();
+    }
+
+    /* Exact class of returned value is known statically. */
+    private static B foo() {
+        return new B();
+    }
+
+    /* Exact class of returned value is not known statically. */
+    private static Object bar(int i) {
+        if (i % 2 == 0) {
+            return new A();
+        } else {
+            return new B();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class A {
+    }
+
+    private static class B extends A {
+    }
+}