diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/Unsafe.java b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/Unsafe.java
index 25fb99e2639d8b82cc931e1aaf3938d30dea70df..1a2e9155e1df11c8978f4d7499a01df3d2bd3c14 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/Unsafe.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/Unsafe.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 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
@@ -1131,4 +1131,12 @@ public final class Unsafe {
      */
     public native void fullFence();
 
+    /**
+     * Throws IllegalAccessError; for use by the VM.
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    private static void throwIllegalAccessError() {
+       throw new IllegalAccessError();
+    }
+
 }