diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.cpp
index 4f888eb9ca471a2b32cfbdacc2c49430caf74ecf..66493a879e11ce1d68d72b9c2337be4c6ae90941 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.cpp
@@ -1611,9 +1611,11 @@ jint ConstantPool::cpool_entry_size(jint idx) {
     case JVM_CONSTANT_UnresolvedClassInError:
     case JVM_CONSTANT_StringIndex:
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType:
+    case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodTypeInError:
       return 3;
 
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle:
+    case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandleInError:
       return 4; //tag, ref_kind, ref_index
 
     case JVM_CONSTANT_Integer:
@@ -1794,8 +1796,8 @@ int ConstantPool::copy_cpool_bytes(int cpool_size,
       case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle:
       case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandleInError: {
         *bytes = JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle;
-        int kind = method_handle_ref_kind_at(idx);
-        idx1 = method_handle_index_at(idx);
+        int kind = method_handle_ref_kind_at_error_ok(idx);
+        idx1 = method_handle_index_at_error_ok(idx);
         *(bytes+1) = (unsigned char) kind;
         Bytes::put_Java_u2((address) (bytes+2), idx1);
         DBG(printf("JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle: %d %hd", kind, idx1));
@@ -1804,7 +1806,7 @@ int ConstantPool::copy_cpool_bytes(int cpool_size,
       case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType:
       case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodTypeInError: {
         *bytes = JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType;
-        idx1 = method_type_index_at(idx);
+        idx1 = method_type_index_at_error_ok(idx);
         Bytes::put_Java_u2((address) (bytes+1), idx1);
         DBG(printf("JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType: %hd", idx1));
         break;
@@ -1992,12 +1994,12 @@ void ConstantPool::print_entry_on(const int index, outputStream* st) {
       break;
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandle :
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandleInError :
-      st->print("ref_kind=%d", method_handle_ref_kind_at(index));
-      st->print(" ref_index=%d", method_handle_index_at(index));
+      st->print("ref_kind=%d", method_handle_ref_kind_at_error_ok(index));
+      st->print(" ref_index=%d", method_handle_index_at_error_ok(index));
       break;
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodType :
     case JVM_CONSTANT_MethodTypeInError :
-      st->print("signature_index=%d", method_type_index_at(index));
+      st->print("signature_index=%d", method_type_index_at_error_ok(index));
       break;
     case JVM_CONSTANT_InvokeDynamic :
       {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.hpp b/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.hpp
index 93c32348573d05859d6bb614d8577fc9343917d7..47a51a835e26f9ed95d97b77cea650bef2fadfb2 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.hpp
@@ -474,18 +474,42 @@ class ConstantPool : public Metadata {
     return *int_at_addr(which);
   }
 
-  int method_handle_ref_kind_at(int which) {
-    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle(), "Corrupted constant pool");
+ private:
+  int method_handle_ref_kind_at(int which, bool error_ok) {
+    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle() ||
+           (error_ok && tag_at(which).is_method_handle_in_error()), "Corrupted constant pool");
     return extract_low_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // mask out unwanted ref_index bits
   }
-  int method_handle_index_at(int which) {
-    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle(), "Corrupted constant pool");
+  int method_handle_index_at(int which, bool error_ok) {
+    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_handle() ||
+           (error_ok && tag_at(which).is_method_handle_in_error()), "Corrupted constant pool");
     return extract_high_short_from_int(*int_at_addr(which));  // shift out unwanted ref_kind bits
   }
-  int method_type_index_at(int which) {
-    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_type(), "Corrupted constant pool");
+  int method_type_index_at(int which, bool error_ok) {
+    assert(tag_at(which).is_method_type() ||
+           (error_ok && tag_at(which).is_method_type_in_error()), "Corrupted constant pool");
     return *int_at_addr(which);
   }
+ public:
+  int method_handle_ref_kind_at(int which) {
+    return method_handle_ref_kind_at(which, false);
+  }
+  int method_handle_ref_kind_at_error_ok(int which) {
+    return method_handle_ref_kind_at(which, true);
+  }
+  int method_handle_index_at(int which) {
+    return method_handle_index_at(which, false);
+  }
+  int method_handle_index_at_error_ok(int which) {
+    return method_handle_index_at(which, true);
+  }
+  int method_type_index_at(int which) {
+    return method_type_index_at(which, false);
+  }
+  int method_type_index_at_error_ok(int which) {
+    return method_type_index_at(which, true);
+  }
+
   // Derived queries:
   Symbol* method_handle_name_ref_at(int which) {
     int member = method_handle_index_at(which);