diff a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiImpl.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiImpl.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiImpl.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
@@ -178,10 +178,11 @@
   BasicType   _type;
   jvalue      _value;
   javaVFrame* _jvf;
   bool        _set;
   bool        _self;
+  bool        _need_clone; // THIS object is in a value object constructor
 
   static const jvalue _DEFAULT_VALUE;
 
   // It is possible to get the receiver out of a non-static native wrapper
   // frame.  Use VM_GetReceiver to do this.
@@ -190,19 +191,21 @@
   jvmtiError  _result;
 
   virtual javaVFrame* get_java_vframe() = 0;
   bool check_slot_type_lvt(javaVFrame* vf);
   bool check_slot_type_no_lvt(javaVFrame* vf);
+  void check_and_clone_this_value_object();
 
 public:
   VM_BaseGetOrSetLocal(JavaThread* calling_thread, jint depth, jint index,
                        BasicType type, jvalue value, bool set, bool self);
 
   jvalue value()         { return _value; }
   jvmtiError result()    { return _result; }
 
   void doit();
+  void doit_epilogue();
   bool allow_nested_vm_operations() const;
   virtual const char* name() const = 0;
 
   // Check that the klass is assignable to a type with the given signature.
   static bool is_assignable(const char* ty_sign, Klass* klass, Thread* thread);