diff --git a/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h b/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h
index 1f785f1a108010b3ba61e83e70ab600b6e3274f6..44b0be576d49a4fd26bf1a0b18b711f3c6dab285 100644
--- a/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h
+++ b/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h
@@ -821,6 +821,13 @@ JVM_GetMethodIxMaxStack(JNIEnv *env, jclass cb, int index);
 JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
 JVM_IsConstructorIx(JNIEnv *env, jclass cb, int index);
 
+/*
+ * Is the given method generated by the VM.
+ * The method is identified by method_index.
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+JVM_IsVMGeneratedMethodIx(JNIEnv *env, jclass cb, int index);
+
 /*
  * Returns the name of a given method in UTF format.
  * The result remains valid until JVM_ReleaseUTF is called.
diff --git a/src/share/native/common/check_code.c b/src/share/native/common/check_code.c
index c5e8855ee68a80a4745da57db7382be6d456f18e..c761a3d9158957d8c23d4591cc0b8a51a824c47a 100644
--- a/src/share/native/common/check_code.c
+++ b/src/share/native/common/check_code.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2013, 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
@@ -983,6 +983,12 @@ verify_method(context_type *context, jclass cb, int method_index,
         CCerror(context, "Inconsistent access bits.");
     }
 
+    // If this method is an overpass method, which is generated by the VM,
+    // we trust the code and no check needs to be done.
+    if (JVM_IsVMGeneratedMethodIx(env, cb, method_index)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     /* Run through the code.  Mark the start of each instruction, and give
      * the instruction a number */
     for (i = 0, offset = 0; offset < code_length; i++) {