diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MemberName.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MemberName.java
index e38b6594e608f195d0e37657ebcd13703ff8ccec..595b1145fe1df51c3ef847592c743c01357156b1 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MemberName.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MemberName.java
@@ -306,12 +306,6 @@ import java.util.Objects;
         return this;
     }
 
-    private void setFlags(int flags) {
-        this.flags = flags;
-        assert(testAnyFlags(ALL_KINDS));
-        assert(referenceKindIsConsistent());
-    }
-
     private boolean testFlags(int mask, int value) {
         return (flags & mask) == value;
     }
@@ -452,8 +446,10 @@ import java.util.Objects;
         this.clazz = defClass;
         this.name = name;
         this.type = type;
-        setFlags(flags);
+        this.flags = flags;
+        assert(testAnyFlags(ALL_KINDS));
         assert(this.resolution == null);  // nobody should have touched this yet
+        //assert(referenceKindIsConsistent());  // do this after resolution
     }
 
     private void expandFromVM() {
diff --git a/test/java/lang/invoke/PermuteArgsTest.java b/test/java/lang/invoke/PermuteArgsTest.java
index 96607ed6ee2a484a6378c1f3f3462ffca6353578..2e319210148472415dc0807c7d1abcefeea8a848 100644
--- a/test/java/lang/invoke/PermuteArgsTest.java
+++ b/test/java/lang/invoke/PermuteArgsTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 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
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 /* @test
  * @summary unit tests for method handles which permute their arguments
- * @run junit/othervm -ea -esa -DPermuteArgsTest.MAX_ARITY=8 test.java.lang.invoke.PermuteArgsTest
+ * @run junit/othervm -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:-VerifyDependencies -ea -esa -DPermuteArgsTest.MAX_ARITY=8 test.java.lang.invoke.PermuteArgsTest
  */
 /* Examples of manual runs:
  * java -DPermuteArgsTest.{DRY_RUN=true,MAX_ARITY=253} test.java.lang.invoke.PermuteArgsTest