--- a/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/runtime/VM.java	Fri Mar 18 15:52:42 2011 -0700
+++ b/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/runtime/VM.java	Fri Mar 18 16:00:34 2011 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, 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
@@ -839,13 +839,13 @@
   }
 
   private void readSystemProperties() {
-     InstanceKlass systemKls = getSystemDictionary().getSystemKlass();
+     final InstanceKlass systemKls = getSystemDictionary().getSystemKlass();
      systemKls.iterate(new DefaultOopVisitor() {
                                ObjectReader objReader = new ObjectReader();
                                public void doOop(sun.jvm.hotspot.oops.OopField field, boolean isVMField) {
                                   if (field.getID().getName().equals("props")) {
                                      try {
-                                        sysProps = (Properties) objReader.readObject(field.getValue(getObj()));
+                                        sysProps = (Properties) objReader.readObject(field.getValue(systemKls.getJavaMirror()));
                                      } catch (Exception e) {
                                         if (Assert.ASSERTS_ENABLED) {
                                            e.printStackTrace();