diff --git a/src/share/vm/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp b/src/share/vm/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp
index d3131baa1dfbf1230240bc8170fc8e330432232b..7464f58889b94bc7bcc98a9d97a6314b5c70c9a3 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp
@@ -1306,6 +1306,8 @@ IRT_ENTRY(void, InterpreterRuntime::member_name_arg_or_null(JavaThread* thread,
       member_name_oop = java_lang_invoke_DirectMethodHandle::member(member_name_oop);
     }
     thread->set_vm_result(member_name_oop);
+  } else {
+    thread->set_vm_result(NULL);
   }
 IRT_END
 #endif // INCLUDE_JVMTI