[8u40] Request for approval: 8049373 : All compact profiles builds fail following JDK-8044473

[Brent Christian]

Please approve this fix for 8u-dev.

Bug (non-public): https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8049373

Review: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-July/027631.html

This is new work for 8u40, not a backport from 9.

-Brent