--- a/src/share/vm/ci/ciKlass.cpp	Mon Nov 29 18:32:30 2010 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/ci/ciKlass.cpp	Tue Nov 30 14:53:30 2010 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 1999-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2009, 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
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  *
- * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
- * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
- * have any questions.
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
  *
  */
 
@@ -192,8 +192,14 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ciKlass::java_mirror
+//
+// Get the instance of java.lang.Class corresponding to this klass.
+// If it is an unloaded instance or array klass, return an unloaded
+// mirror object of type Class.
 ciInstance* ciKlass::java_mirror() {
   GUARDED_VM_ENTRY(
+    if (!is_loaded())
+      return ciEnv::current()->get_unloaded_klass_mirror(this);
     oop java_mirror = get_Klass()->java_mirror();
     return CURRENT_ENV->get_object(java_mirror)->as_instance();
   )