diff a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
@@ -1634,10 +1634,15 @@
 
 WB_ENTRY(void, WB_RelocateNMethodFromMethod(JNIEnv* env, jobject o, jobject method, jint blob_type))
   ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
   jmethodID jmid = reflected_method_to_jmid(thread, env, method);
   CHECK_JNI_EXCEPTION(env);
+
+  if (!NMethodRelocation) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   methodHandle mh(THREAD, Method::checked_resolve_jmethod_id(jmid));
   nmethod* code = mh->code();
   if (code != nullptr) {
     MutexLocker ml_Compile_lock(Compile_lock);
     CompiledICLocker ic_locker(code);
@@ -1653,10 +1658,14 @@
 
   if (address == nullptr) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (!NMethodRelocation) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   MutexLocker ml_Compile_lock(Compile_lock);
   MutexLocker ml_CompiledIC_lock(CompiledIC_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
   MutexLocker ml_CodeCache_lock(CodeCache_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
 
   // Verify that nmethod address is still valid