diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_32.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_32.cpp
index 9dc29f31da9e2cd153142093c11b0aecf33d1327..db0b6e32f49b87a6751bb7d553a8696179c7da34 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_32.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_32.cpp
@@ -1372,6 +1372,8 @@ void InterpreterMacroAssembler::profile_null_seen(Register mdp) {
     // If no method data exists, go to profile_continue.
     test_method_data_pointer(mdp, profile_continue);
 
+    set_mdp_flag_at(mdp, BitData::null_seen_byte_constant());
+
     // The method data pointer needs to be updated.
     int mdp_delta = in_bytes(BitData::bit_data_size());
     if (TypeProfileCasts) {
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_64.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_64.cpp
index dbd858da298f52dc476e090c6ff01287519ef30e..0c1af9b081494e64fb5c8dc0e131b5349333cdb3 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_64.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/interp_masm_x86_64.cpp
@@ -1409,6 +1409,8 @@ void InterpreterMacroAssembler::profile_null_seen(Register mdp) {
     // If no method data exists, go to profile_continue.
     test_method_data_pointer(mdp, profile_continue);
 
+    set_mdp_flag_at(mdp, BitData::null_seen_byte_constant());
+
     // The method data pointer needs to be updated.
     int mdp_delta = in_bytes(BitData::bit_data_size());
     if (TypeProfileCasts) {