diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/constantPoolOop.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/constantPoolOop.cpp
index 605d33329d2d7a8728dd060dd051d4889c78a3e8..dd854ace475e66b41373b0cc75c0493b990817e4 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/constantPoolOop.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/constantPoolOop.cpp
@@ -1175,8 +1175,15 @@ void constantPoolOopDesc::copy_entry_to(constantPoolHandle from_cp, int from_i,
 
   case JVM_CONSTANT_UnresolvedClass:
   {
-    Symbol* k = from_cp->unresolved_klass_at(from_i);
-    to_cp->unresolved_klass_at_put(to_i, k);
+    // Can be resolved after checking tag, so check the slot first.
+    CPSlot entry = from_cp->slot_at(from_i);
+    if (entry.is_oop()) {
+      assert(entry.get_oop()->is_klass(), "must be");
+      // Already resolved
+      to_cp->klass_at_put(to_i, (klassOop)entry.get_oop());
+    } else {
+      to_cp->unresolved_klass_at_put(to_i, entry.get_symbol());
+    }
   } break;
 
   case JVM_CONSTANT_UnresolvedClassInError:
@@ -1189,8 +1196,14 @@ void constantPoolOopDesc::copy_entry_to(constantPoolHandle from_cp, int from_i,
 
   case JVM_CONSTANT_UnresolvedString:
   {
-    Symbol* s = from_cp->unresolved_string_at(from_i);
-    to_cp->unresolved_string_at_put(to_i, s);
+    // Can be resolved after checking tag, so check the slot first.
+    CPSlot entry = from_cp->slot_at(from_i);
+    if (entry.is_oop()) {
+      // Already resolved (either string or pseudo-string)
+      to_cp->string_at_put(to_i, entry.get_oop());
+    } else {
+      to_cp->unresolved_string_at_put(to_i, entry.get_symbol());
+    }
   } break;
 
   case JVM_CONSTANT_Utf8:
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp
index 26e9e5bc857680c052e071f4f9c3d424a6d9c0b0..51cd4289464919ec2065821ed088e442571eb11d 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp
@@ -1084,7 +1084,10 @@ bool VM_RedefineClasses::merge_constant_pools(constantPoolHandle old_cp,
       jbyte old_tag = old_cp->tag_at(old_i).value();
       switch (old_tag) {
       case JVM_CONSTANT_Class:
+      case JVM_CONSTANT_UnresolvedClass:
         // revert the copy to JVM_CONSTANT_UnresolvedClass
+        // May be resolving while calling this so do the same for
+        // JVM_CONSTANT_UnresolvedClass (klass_name_at() deals with transition)
         (*merge_cp_p)->unresolved_klass_at_put(old_i,
           old_cp->klass_name_at(old_i));
         break;