diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
index eb2b8b80a76d79098a645657d34d1f9d8fec1e65..2440baaaba545a6775c64f0a65635389641bb0eb 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2014, 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
@@ -130,11 +130,15 @@ public final class Class<T> implements java.io.Serializable,
     }
 
     /*
-     * Constructor. Only the Java Virtual Machine creates Class
-     * objects.
+     * Private constructor. Only the Java Virtual Machine creates Class objects.
+     * This constructor is not used and prevents the default constructor being
+     * generated.
      */
-    private Class() {}
-
+    private Class(ClassLoader loader) {
+        // Initialize final field for classLoader.  The initialization value of non-null
+        // prevents future JIT optimizations from assuming this final field is null.
+        classLoader = loader;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Converts the object to a string. The string representation is the
@@ -677,8 +681,10 @@ public final class Class<T> implements java.io.Serializable,
     }
 
     // Package-private to allow ClassLoader access
-    native ClassLoader getClassLoader0();
+    ClassLoader getClassLoader0() { return classLoader; }
 
+    // Initialized in JVM not by private constructor
+    private final ClassLoader classLoader;
 
     /**
      * Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent the
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AccessibleObject.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AccessibleObject.java
index f98aed5db25e3f29e19df4e8d2314fbd92a719a9..0bf5e0eea417d12b264bb493258acecb535917b0 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AccessibleObject.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AccessibleObject.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, 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
@@ -129,16 +129,24 @@ public class AccessibleObject implements AnnotatedElement {
         setAccessible0(this, flag);
     }
 
-    /* Check that you aren't exposing java.lang.Class.<init>. */
+    /* Check that you aren't exposing java.lang.Class.<init> or sensitive
+       fields in java.lang.Class. */
     private static void setAccessible0(AccessibleObject obj, boolean flag)
         throws SecurityException
     {
         if (obj instanceof Constructor && flag == true) {
             Constructor<?> c = (Constructor<?>)obj;
             if (c.getDeclaringClass() == Class.class) {
-                throw new SecurityException("Can not make a java.lang.Class" +
+                throw new SecurityException("Cannot make a java.lang.Class" +
                                             " constructor accessible");
             }
+        } else if (obj instanceof Field && flag == true) {
+            Field f = (Field)obj;
+            if (f.getDeclaringClass() == Class.class &&
+                f.getName().equals("classLoader")) {
+                throw new SecurityException("Cannot make java.lang.Class.classLoader" +
+                                            " accessible");
+            }
         }
         obj.override = flag;
     }
diff --git a/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h b/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h
index 2bef0812054f6a71e90f00e1273a1684750deb51..396ca68558e20b3023db6c55809fa23cbe0db769 100644
--- a/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h
+++ b/src/share/javavm/export/jvm.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, 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
@@ -426,9 +426,6 @@ JVM_GetClassName(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls);
 JNIEXPORT jobjectArray JNICALL
 JVM_GetClassInterfaces(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls);
 
-JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL
-JVM_GetClassLoader(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls);
-
 JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
 JVM_IsInterface(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls);
 
diff --git a/src/share/native/common/check_code.c b/src/share/native/common/check_code.c
index 92d96b19675c1a852e27b672811876d2b2b0d44f..4ffbd67eaf246a6c68ec4a68365c9a7d82f5cb06 100644
--- a/src/share/native/common/check_code.c
+++ b/src/share/native/common/check_code.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2014, 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
@@ -1357,16 +1357,9 @@ verify_opcode_operands(context_type *context, unsigned int inumber, int offset)
                 }
                 (*env)->DeleteLocalRef(env, super);
 
-                /* The optimizer make cause this to happen on local code */
+                /* The optimizer may cause this to happen on local code */
                 if (not_found) {
-#ifdef BROKEN_JAVAC
-                    jobject loader = JVM_GetClassLoader(env, context->class);
-                    int has_loader = (loader != 0);
-                    (*env)->DeleteLocalRef(env, loader);
-                    if (has_loader)
-#endif /* BROKEN_JAVAC */
-                        CCerror(context,
-                                "Illegal use of nonvirtual function call");
+                    CCerror(context, "Illegal use of nonvirtual function call");
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/share/native/java/lang/Class.c b/src/share/native/java/lang/Class.c
index b0ba34349d8d19ebcaffc1d77cfabd5e57c01124..c5e717fe0df57c6736376189aa5c8d980ae16ba3 100644
--- a/src/share/native/java/lang/Class.c
+++ b/src/share/native/java/lang/Class.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2014, 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
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ extern jboolean VerifyFixClassname(char *utf_name);
 #define CLS "Ljava/lang/Class;"
 #define CPL "Lsun/reflect/ConstantPool;"
 #define STR "Ljava/lang/String;"
-#define JCL "Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;"
 #define FLD "Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;"
 #define MHD "Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;"
 #define CTR "Ljava/lang/reflect/Constructor;"
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ static JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
     {"getName0",         "()" STR,          (void *)&JVM_GetClassName},
     {"getSuperclass",    "()" CLS,          NULL},
     {"getInterfaces0",   "()[" CLS,         (void *)&JVM_GetClassInterfaces},
-    {"getClassLoader0",  "()" JCL,          (void *)&JVM_GetClassLoader},
     {"isInterface",      "()Z",             (void *)&JVM_IsInterface},
     {"getSigners",       "()[" OBJ,         (void *)&JVM_GetClassSigners},
     {"setSigners",       "([" OBJ ")V",     (void *)&JVM_SetClassSigners},
@@ -81,7 +79,6 @@ static JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
 #undef OBJ
 #undef CLS
 #undef STR
-#undef JCL
 #undef FLD
 #undef MHD
 #undef CTR