--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	Thu Jan 24 10:57:38 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	Fri Feb 01 15:25:37 2013 -0500
@@ -1122,6 +1122,8 @@
       }
     } // end for each old_cp entry
 
+    ConstantPool::copy_operands(old_cp, *merge_cp_p, CHECK_0);
+
     // We don't need to sanity check that *merge_cp_length_p is within
     // *merge_cp_p bounds since we have the minimum on-entry check above.
     (*merge_cp_length_p) = old_i;
@@ -1305,8 +1307,12 @@
   _index_map_count = 0;
   _index_map_p = new intArray(scratch_cp->length(), -1);
 
+  // reference to the cp holder is needed for copy_operands()
+  merge_cp->set_pool_holder(scratch_class());
   bool result = merge_constant_pools(old_cp, scratch_cp, &merge_cp,
                   &merge_cp_length, THREAD);
+  merge_cp->set_pool_holder(NULL);
+
   if (!result) {
     // The merge can fail due to memory allocation failure or due
     // to robustness checks.
@@ -2380,13 +2386,14 @@
   assert(version != 0, "sanity check");
   smaller_cp->set_version(version);
 
+  // attach klass to new constant pool
+  // reference to the cp holder is needed for copy_operands()
+  smaller_cp->set_pool_holder(scratch_class());
+
   scratch_cp->copy_cp_to(1, scratch_cp_length - 1, smaller_cp, 1, THREAD);
   scratch_cp = smaller_cp;
 
   // attach new constant pool to klass
-  scratch_cp->set_pool_holder(scratch_class());
-
-  // attach klass to new constant pool
   scratch_class->set_constants(scratch_cp());
 
   int i;  // for portability
@@ -3104,11 +3111,9 @@
   Klass* the_class_oop = java_lang_Class::as_Klass(the_class_mirror);
   instanceKlassHandle the_class = instanceKlassHandle(THREAD, the_class_oop);
 
-#ifndef JVMTI_KERNEL
   // Remove all breakpoints in methods of this class
   JvmtiBreakpoints& jvmti_breakpoints = JvmtiCurrentBreakpoints::get_jvmti_breakpoints();
   jvmti_breakpoints.clearall_in_class_at_safepoint(the_class_oop);
-#endif // !JVMTI_KERNEL
 
   if (the_class_oop == Universe::reflect_invoke_cache()->klass()) {
     // We are redefining java.lang.reflect.Method. Method.invoke() is