diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp
@@ -2909,6 +2909,6 @@
 
 // caller needs ResourceMark
 const char* SystemDictionary::loader_name(const ClassLoaderData* loader_data) {
-  return (loader_data->class_loader() == NULL ? "<bootloader>" :
-          SystemDictionary::loader_name(loader_data->class_loader()));
+  const oop loader = loader_data->class_loader();
+  return (loader == NULL ? "<bootloader>" : SystemDictionary::loader_name(loader));
 }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
@@ -1939,9 +1939,23 @@
   return generate_class_cast_message(caster_klass, target_klass);
 }
 
+const char* SharedRuntime::class_loader_name(oop loader) {
+  const char* class_loader_name = "";
+  if (loader != NULL) {
+    oop class_loader_name_oop = java_lang_ClassLoader::name(loader);
+    if (class_loader_name_oop != NULL) {
+      class_loader_name = java_lang_String::as_utf8_string(class_loader_name_oop);
+      if (class_loader_name != NULL && class_loader_name[0] != '\0') {
+        return class_loader_name;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 // The caller of class_loader_and_module_name() (or one of its callers)
 // must use a ResourceMark in order to correctly free the result.
-const char* class_loader_and_module_name(Klass* klass) {
+const char* SharedRuntime::class_loader_and_module_name(Klass* klass) {
   const char* delim = "/";
   size_t delim_len = strlen(delim);
 
@@ -1959,18 +1973,12 @@
   assert(cld != NULL, "class_loader_data should not be NULL");
   if (!cld->is_builtin_class_loader_data()) {
     // If not builtin, look for name
-    oop loader = klass->class_loader();
-    if (loader != NULL) {
-      oop class_loader_name_oop = java_lang_ClassLoader::name(loader);
-      if (class_loader_name_oop != NULL) {
-        class_loader_name = java_lang_String::as_utf8_string(class_loader_name_oop);
-        if (class_loader_name != NULL && class_loader_name[0] != '\0') {
+    class_loader_name = SharedRuntime::class_loader_name(klass->class_loader());
+    if (class_loader_name != NULL) {
           has_cl_name = true;
           msglen += strlen(class_loader_name) + delim_len;
         }
       }
-    }
-  }
 
   const char* module_name = "";
   const char* version = "";
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.hpp
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@
   // used by native wrappers to reenable yellow if overflow happened in native code
   static void reguard_yellow_pages();
 
+  static const char* class_loader_name(oop loader);
+  static const char* class_loader_and_module_name(Klass* klass);
+
   // Fill in the "X cannot be cast to a Y" message for ClassCastException
   //
   // @param thr the current thread