diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCompilerToVM.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCompilerToVM.cpp
index b4b8150917dd5..3fd9a61c031b0 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCompilerToVM.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCompilerToVM.cpp
@@ -2831,7 +2831,7 @@ C2V_VMENTRY_0(jlong, translate, (JNIEnv* env, jobject, jobject obj_handle, jbool
         if (data != nullptr) {
           // Only the mirror in the HotSpot heap is accessible
           // through JVMCINMethodData
-          oop nmethod_mirror = data->get_nmethod_mirror(nm, /* phantom_ref */ true);
+          oop nmethod_mirror = data->get_nmethod_mirror(nm);
           if (nmethod_mirror != nullptr) {
             result = HotSpotJVMCI::wrap(nmethod_mirror);
           }
@@ -2863,7 +2863,7 @@ C2V_VMENTRY_0(jlong, translate, (JNIEnv* env, jobject, jobject obj_handle, jbool
           if (data == nullptr) {
             JVMCI_THROW_MSG_0(IllegalArgumentException, "Missing HotSpotNmethod data");
           }
-          if (data->get_nmethod_mirror(nm, /* phantom_ref */ false) != nullptr) {
+          if (data->get_nmethod_mirror(nm) != nullptr) {
             JVMCI_THROW_MSG_0(IllegalArgumentException, "Cannot overwrite existing HotSpotNmethod mirror for nmethod");
           }
           oop nmethod_mirror = HotSpotJVMCI::resolve(result);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp
index 15fb0d6ed3a9c..bee5f4ea445cd 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp
@@ -776,15 +776,11 @@ void JVMCINMethodData::add_failed_speculation(nmethod* nm, jlong speculation) {
   FailedSpeculation::add_failed_speculation(nm, _failed_speculations, data, length);
 }
 
-oop JVMCINMethodData::get_nmethod_mirror(nmethod* nm, bool phantom_ref) {
+oop JVMCINMethodData::get_nmethod_mirror(nmethod* nm) {
   if (_nmethod_mirror_index == -1) {
     return nullptr;
   }
-  if (phantom_ref) {
-    return nm->oop_at_phantom(_nmethod_mirror_index);
-  } else {
-    return nm->oop_at(_nmethod_mirror_index);
-  }
+  return nm->oop_at(_nmethod_mirror_index);
 }
 
 void JVMCINMethodData::set_nmethod_mirror(nmethod* nm, oop new_mirror) {
@@ -802,7 +798,7 @@ void JVMCINMethodData::set_nmethod_mirror(nmethod* nm, oop new_mirror) {
 }
 
 void JVMCINMethodData::invalidate_nmethod_mirror(nmethod* nm) {
-  oop nmethod_mirror = get_nmethod_mirror(nm, /* phantom_ref */ false);
+  oop nmethod_mirror = get_nmethod_mirror(nm);
   if (nmethod_mirror == nullptr) {
     return;
   }
@@ -2178,7 +2174,7 @@ JVMCI::CodeInstallResult JVMCIRuntime::register_method(JVMCIEnv* JVMCIENV,
         JVMCINMethodData* data = nm->jvmci_nmethod_data();
         assert(data != nullptr, "must be");
         if (install_default) {
-          assert(!nmethod_mirror.is_hotspot() || data->get_nmethod_mirror(nm, /* phantom_ref */ false) == nullptr, "must be");
+          assert(!nmethod_mirror.is_hotspot() || data->get_nmethod_mirror(nm) == nullptr, "must be");
           if (entry_bci == InvocationEntryBci) {
             // If there is an old version we're done with it
             nmethod* old = method->code();
@@ -2221,7 +2217,7 @@ JVMCI::CodeInstallResult JVMCIRuntime::register_method(JVMCIEnv* JVMCIENV,
             }
           }
         } else {
-          assert(!nmethod_mirror.is_hotspot() || data->get_nmethod_mirror(nm, /* phantom_ref */ false) == HotSpotJVMCI::resolve(nmethod_mirror), "must be");
+          assert(!nmethod_mirror.is_hotspot() || data->get_nmethod_mirror(nm) == HotSpotJVMCI::resolve(nmethod_mirror), "must be");
           MutexLocker ml(NMethodState_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
           if (!nm->make_in_use()) {
             result = JVMCI::nmethod_reclaimed;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.hpp
index aa4685c5818fb..b49e09a1884d8 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.hpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class JVMCINMethodData : public ResourceObj {
   void invalidate_nmethod_mirror(nmethod* nm);
 
   // Gets the mirror from nm's oops table.
-  oop get_nmethod_mirror(nmethod* nm, bool phantom_ref);
+  oop get_nmethod_mirror(nmethod* nm);
 
   // Sets the mirror in nm's oops table.
   void set_nmethod_mirror(nmethod* nm, oop mirror);