Commands to run (test with jdk9-b74):
1) jdk1.9.0\bin\jimage.exe extract --dir jimage_orig jdk1.9.0\lib\modules\bootmodules.jimage
2) jimage.exe recreate --dir jimage_orig re_bootmodules.jimage
3) replace original bootmodules.jimage with new re_bootmodules.jimage
4) jdk1.9.0\bin\java -version

the result:
A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# Internal Error (imageFile.cpp:137), pid=42728, tid=0x0000000000001303
# guarantee(found) failed: missing module data

verified on builds:
- patch changes from JDK-8132335 and rebuild JDK on OS X 10.10.4
- jdk-9-ea-bin-b75-windows-amd64-27_jul_2015.tar.gz from 27-Jul-2015 19:56 (http://jre.us.oracle.com/java/re/jdk/9.0/nightly-dev/latest/bundles/windows-amd64/)