diff -r 85bb1e6db5cb src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Fri Mar 11 17:02:04 2016 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Sat Mar 12 01:01:22 2016 +0300
@@ -931,6 +931,16 @@
   return java_class->obj_field(_class_loader_offset);
 }
 
+oop java_lang_Class::name(InstanceKlass* java_class, TRAPS) {
+  assert(_name_offset != 0, "must be set");
+  oop o = java_class->java_mirror()->obj_field(_name_offset);
+  if (o == NULL) {
+    o = StringTable::intern(java_class->external_name(), THREAD);
+    java_class->java_mirror()->obj_field_put(_name_offset, o);
+  }
+  return o;
+}
+
 oop java_lang_Class::create_basic_type_mirror(const char* basic_type_name, BasicType type, TRAPS) {
   // This should be improved by adding a field at the Java level or by
   // introducing a new VM klass (see comment in ClassFileParser)
@@ -1112,6 +1122,10 @@
                  k, vmSymbols::classLoader_name(),
                  vmSymbols::classloader_signature());
 
+  compute_offset(_name_offset,
+                 k, vmSymbols::name_name(),
+                 vmSymbols::string_signature());
+
   compute_offset(_component_mirror_offset,
                  k, vmSymbols::componentType_name(),
                  vmSymbols::class_signature());
@@ -2107,8 +2121,7 @@
 
   // Fill in class name
   ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
-  const char* str = holder->external_name();
-  oop classname = StringTable::intern((char*) str, CHECK);
+  oop classname = java_lang_Class::name(holder, THREAD);
   java_lang_StackTraceElement::set_declaringClass(element(), classname);
 
   // The method can be NULL if the requested class version is gone
@@ -3486,6 +3499,7 @@
 int java_lang_Class::_oop_size_offset;
 int java_lang_Class::_static_oop_field_count_offset;
 int java_lang_Class::_class_loader_offset;
+int java_lang_Class::_name_offset;
 int java_lang_Class::_protection_domain_offset;
 int java_lang_Class::_component_mirror_offset;
 int java_lang_Class::_init_lock_offset;
diff -r 85bb1e6db5cb src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp	Fri Mar 11 17:02:04 2016 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp	Sat Mar 12 01:01:22 2016 +0300
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
   static int _init_lock_offset;
   static int _signers_offset;
   static int _class_loader_offset;
+  static int _name_offset;
   static int _component_mirror_offset;
 
   static bool offsets_computed;
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@
   static void set_signers(oop java_class, objArrayOop signers);
 
   static oop class_loader(oop java_class);
+  static oop name(InstanceKlass* java_class, TRAPS);
 
   static int oop_size(oop java_class);
   static void set_oop_size(oop java_class, int size);