A couple of java.lang.NoSuchFieldError shows up in startup profiles which initializes MethodHandleImpl$Lazy, e.g., any nashorn program:

    private static MethodHandle[] makeArrays() {
        ArrayList<MethodHandle> mhs = new ArrayList<>();
        for (;;) {
            MethodHandle mh = findCollector("array", mhs.size(), Object[].class);
            if (mh == null) break;
            mh = makeIntrinsic(mh, Intrinsic.NEW_ARRAY);
            mhs.add(mh);
        }
        assert(mhs.size() == 11); // current number of methods
        return mhs.toArray(new MethodHandle[MAX_ARITY+1]);
    }

Simply rewriting the for (;;) to for (int i = 0; i < 11; i++) should ensure we don't have to throw exceptions here.

Same goes for makeFillArray, where a for (int i = 1; i < 11; i++) would seem to similarly avoid throwing an exception.

(Since we assert that size == 11 in both cases, it seems we could also do toArray(new MethodHandle[11]) in both methods)