In ciField::ciField(ciInstanceKlass* klass, int index) we have:

  // Access check based on declared_holder. canonical_holder should not be used
  // to check access because it can erroneously succeed. If this check fails,
  // propagate the declared holder to will_link() which in turn will bail out
  // compilation for this field access.
  if (!Reflection::verify_field_access(klass->get_Klass(), declared_holder->get_Klass(), canonical_holder, field_desc.access_flags(), true)) {
    _holder = declared_holder;
    _offset = -1;
    _is_constant = false;
   return;
  }

However if the access check failed because a nestmate access check encountered an exception, the pending exception will trigger an ExceptionMark entry failure in later processing. We need to clear the exception before returning.