diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp
index 1f25e15ee9f18737d9f5ffeeb6c17cd5b22847c7..d6d1312a3292b49b3269917e49c274dd3ea9b24a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ClassLoaderData::ClassLoaderData(Handle h_class_loader, bool is_anonymous, Depen
   // The null-class-loader should always be kept alive.
   _keep_alive(is_anonymous || h_class_loader.is_null()),
   _metaspace(NULL), _unloading(false), _klasses(NULL),
-  _claimed(0), _jmethod_ids(NULL), _handles(NULL), _deallocate_list(NULL),
+  _claimed(0), _jmethod_ids(NULL), _handles(), _deallocate_list(NULL),
   _next(NULL), _dependencies(dependencies),
   _metaspace_lock(new Mutex(Monitor::leaf+1, "Metaspace allocation lock", true)) {
     // empty
@@ -96,6 +96,45 @@ void ClassLoaderData::Dependencies::init(TRAPS) {
   _list_head = oopFactory::new_objectArray(2, CHECK);
 }
 
+ClassLoaderData::ChunkedHandleList::~ChunkedHandleList() {
+  Chunk* c = _head;
+  while (c != NULL) {
+    Chunk* next = c->_next;
+    delete c;
+    c = next;
+  }
+}
+
+oop* ClassLoaderData::ChunkedHandleList::add(oop o) {
+  if (_head == NULL || _head->_size == Chunk::CAPACITY) {
+    Chunk* next = new Chunk(_head);
+    OrderAccess::release_store_ptr(&_head, next);
+  }
+  oop* handle = &_head->_data[_head->_size];
+  *handle = o;
+  OrderAccess::release_store(&_head->_size, _head->_size + 1);
+  return handle;
+}
+
+inline void ClassLoaderData::ChunkedHandleList::oops_do_chunk(OopClosure* f, Chunk* c, const juint size) {
+  for (juint i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+    if (c->_data[i] != NULL) {
+      f->do_oop(&c->_data[i]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void ClassLoaderData::ChunkedHandleList::oops_do(OopClosure* f) {
+  Chunk* head = (Chunk*) OrderAccess::load_ptr_acquire(&_head);
+  if (head != NULL) {
+    // Must be careful when reading size of head
+    oops_do_chunk(f, head, OrderAccess::load_acquire(&head->_size));
+    for (Chunk* c = head->_next; c != NULL; c = c->_next) {
+      oops_do_chunk(f, c, c->_size);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 bool ClassLoaderData::claim() {
   if (_claimed == 1) {
     return false;
@@ -111,7 +150,7 @@ void ClassLoaderData::oops_do(OopClosure* f, KlassClosure* klass_closure, bool m
 
   f->do_oop(&_class_loader);
   _dependencies.oops_do(f);
-  _handles->oops_do(f);
+  _handles.oops_do(f);
   if (klass_closure != NULL) {
     classes_do(klass_closure);
   }
@@ -342,11 +381,6 @@ ClassLoaderData::~ClassLoaderData() {
     _metaspace = NULL;
     // release the metaspace
     delete m;
-    // release the handles
-    if (_handles != NULL) {
-      JNIHandleBlock::release_block(_handles);
-      _handles = NULL;
-    }
   }
 
   // Clear all the JNI handles for methods
@@ -406,15 +440,9 @@ Metaspace* ClassLoaderData::metaspace_non_null() {
   return _metaspace;
 }
 
-JNIHandleBlock* ClassLoaderData::handles() const           { return _handles; }
-void ClassLoaderData::set_handles(JNIHandleBlock* handles) { _handles = handles; }
-
 jobject ClassLoaderData::add_handle(Handle h) {
   MutexLockerEx ml(metaspace_lock(),  Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
-  if (handles() == NULL) {
-    set_handles(JNIHandleBlock::allocate_block());
-  }
-  return handles()->allocate_handle(h());
+  return (jobject) _handles.add(h());
 }
 
 // Add this metadata pointer to be freed when it's safe.  This is only during
@@ -479,7 +507,6 @@ void ClassLoaderData::dump(outputStream * const out) {
       p2i(class_loader() != NULL ? class_loader()->klass() : NULL), loader_name());
   if (claimed()) out->print(" claimed ");
   if (is_unloading()) out->print(" unloading ");
-  out->print(" handles " INTPTR_FORMAT, p2i(handles()));
   out->cr();
   if (metaspace_or_null() != NULL) {
     out->print_cr("metaspace: " INTPTR_FORMAT, p2i(metaspace_or_null()));
diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp
index e12512dc577560432cb26b59d2d3cbb87a1fbc9b..8083b70c5ada909618db71b8bb669fe97b03541c 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 
 class ClassLoaderData;
 class JNIMethodBlock;
-class JNIHandleBlock;
 class Metadebug;
 
 // GC root for walking class loader data created
@@ -145,6 +144,31 @@ class ClassLoaderData : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
     void oops_do(OopClosure* f);
   };
 
+  class ChunkedHandleList VALUE_OBJ_CLASS_SPEC {
+    struct Chunk : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
+      static const size_t CAPACITY = 32;
+
+      oop _data[CAPACITY];
+      volatile juint _size;
+      Chunk* _next;
+
+      Chunk(Chunk* c) : _next(c), _size(0) { }
+    };
+
+    Chunk* _head;
+
+    void oops_do_chunk(OopClosure* f, Chunk* c, const juint size);
+
+   public:
+    ChunkedHandleList() : _head(NULL) {}
+    ~ChunkedHandleList();
+
+    // Only one thread at a time can add, guarded by ClassLoaderData::metaspace_lock().
+    // However, multiple threads can execute oops_do concurrently with add.
+    oop* add(oop o);
+    void oops_do(OopClosure* f);
+  };
+
   friend class ClassLoaderDataGraph;
   friend class ClassLoaderDataGraphKlassIteratorAtomic;
   friend class ClassLoaderDataGraphMetaspaceIterator;
@@ -169,7 +193,8 @@ class ClassLoaderData : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
                            // Has to be an int because we cas it.
   Klass* _klasses;         // The classes defined by the class loader.
 
-  JNIHandleBlock* _handles; // Handles to constant pool arrays
+  ChunkedHandleList _handles; // Handles to constant pool arrays, etc, which
+                              // have the same life cycle of the corresponding ClassLoader.
 
   // These method IDs are created for the class loader and set to NULL when the
   // class loader is unloaded.  They are rarely freed, only for redefine classes
@@ -196,9 +221,6 @@ class ClassLoaderData : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
 
   void set_metaspace(Metaspace* m) { _metaspace = m; }
 
-  JNIHandleBlock* handles() const;
-  void set_handles(JNIHandleBlock* handles);
-
   Mutex* metaspace_lock() const { return _metaspace_lock; }
 
   // GC interface.