diff --git a/src/share/vm/ci/ciType.cpp b/src/share/vm/ci/ciType.cpp
index 47412130f04d4b1b76ef2eda8d35e9b3c582efed..e74dd921804d9e9d6aefc36ad881bda942c0617f 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/ci/ciType.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/ci/ciType.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ bool ciType::is_subtype_of(ciType* type) {
   return false;
 }
 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------
+// ciType::name
+//
+// Return the name of this type
+const char* ciType::name() {
+  if (is_primitive_type()) {
+    return type2name(basic_type());
+  } else {
+    assert(is_klass(), "must be");
+    return as_klass()->name()->as_utf8();
+  }
+}
+
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ciType::print_impl
 //
@@ -73,7 +86,8 @@ void ciType::print_impl(outputStream* st) {
 //
 // Print the name of this type
 void ciType::print_name_on(outputStream* st) {
-  st->print(type2name(basic_type()));
+  ResourceMark rm;
+  st->print(name());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/ci/ciType.hpp b/src/share/vm/ci/ciType.hpp
index 807ae1bec9269cffa1e6a970cf8601c71ede7871..25f79e0126357d9df598760bb74a4b0ef34e95f0 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/ci/ciType.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/ci/ciType.hpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public:
   bool is_type() const                      { return true; }
   bool is_classless() const                 { return is_primitive_type(); }
 
+  const char* name();
   virtual void print_name_on(outputStream* st);
   void print_name() {
     print_name_on(tty);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/doCall.cpp b/src/share/vm/opto/doCall.cpp
index 5d094c99afcb36a021dd92d3f4adbe9d9bb081d1..9a7562d01fb5a49c157d50bde43f46a856a81e13 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/doCall.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/doCall.cpp
@@ -553,7 +553,13 @@ void Parse::do_call() {
         rtype = ctype;
       }
     } else {
-      assert(rtype == ctype, "mismatched return types");  // symbolic resolution enforces this
+      // Symbolic resolution enforces the types to be the same.
+      // NOTE: We must relax the assert for unloaded types because two
+      // different ciType instances of the same unloaded class type
+      // can appear to be "loaded" by different loaders (depending on
+      // the accessing class).
+      assert(!rtype->is_loaded() || !ctype->is_loaded() || rtype == ctype,
+             err_msg_res("mismatched return types: rtype=%s, ctype=%s", rtype->name(), ctype->name()));
     }
 
     // If the return type of the method is not loaded, assert that the