--- a/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp	Tue May 31 08:05:44 2016 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp	Wed Jun 01 00:11:44 2016 +0200
@@ -155,6 +155,14 @@
   return _ic_call->destination();
 }
 
+// Clears the IC stub if the compiled IC is in transition state
+void CompiledIC::clear_ic_stub() {
+  if (is_in_transition_state()) {
+    ICStub* stub = ICStub_from_destination_address(stub_address());
+    stub->clear();
+  }
+}
+
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // High-level access to an inline cache. Guaranteed to be MT-safe.
@@ -281,6 +289,7 @@
   assert( is_c1_or_jvmci_method ||
          !is_monomorphic ||
          is_optimized() ||
+         !caller->is_alive() ||
          (cached_metadata() != NULL && cached_metadata()->is_klass()), "sanity check");
 #endif // ASSERT
   return is_monomorphic;
@@ -315,7 +324,7 @@
 }
 
 
-void CompiledIC::set_to_clean() {
+void CompiledIC::set_to_clean(bool in_use) {
   assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint() || CompiledIC_lock->is_locked() , "MT-unsafe call");
   if (TraceInlineCacheClearing || TraceICs) {
     tty->print_cr("IC@" INTPTR_FORMAT ": set to clean", p2i(instruction_address()));
@@ -331,17 +340,14 @@
 
   // A zombie transition will always be safe, since the metadata has already been set to NULL, so
   // we only need to patch the destination
-  bool safe_transition = is_optimized() || SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint();
+  bool safe_transition = !in_use || is_optimized() || SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint();
 
   if (safe_transition) {
     // Kill any leftover stub we might have too
-    if (is_in_transition_state()) {
-      ICStub* old_stub = ICStub_from_destination_address(stub_address());
-      old_stub->clear();
-    }
+    clear_ic_stub();
     if (is_optimized()) {
-    set_ic_destination(entry);
-  } else {
+      set_ic_destination(entry);
+    } else {
       set_ic_destination_and_value(entry, (void*)NULL);
     }
   } else {