diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index b97f9d53da0..dc94efbc3a0 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-09-25  Jesse Rosenstock  <jmr@ugcs.caltech.edu>
+
+	* resolve.cc (_Jv_ResolvePoolEntry) [end_of_method_search]: Check
+	to see if `the_method == 0' before looking up vtable index.
+	Fixes PR libgcj/7709.
+
 2002-09-25  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* java/lang/natClassLoader.cc: 
@@ -5,6 +11,7 @@
 	* resolve.cc: Include NoClassDefFoundError.h, not
 	ClassNotFoundException.h.
 	(_Jv_ResolvePoolEntry): Throw NoClassDefFoundError, per spec.
+
 	* defineclass.cc: Don't include ClassNotFoundException.h.
 
 	* resolve.cc: Include StringBuffer.
diff --git a/libjava/resolve.cc b/libjava/resolve.cc
index af1f7c60c1a..f3b98a7a348 100644
--- a/libjava/resolve.cc
+++ b/libjava/resolve.cc
@@ -303,16 +303,6 @@ _Jv_ResolvePoolEntry (jclass klass, int index)
       // with either loader should produce the same result,
       // i.e., exactly the same jclass object. JVMS 5.4.3.3    
     
-      if (pool->tags[index] == JV_CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref)
-	vtable_index = -1;
-      else
-	vtable_index = _Jv_DetermineVTableIndex
-	  (found_class, method_name, method_signature);
-
-      if (vtable_index == METHOD_NOT_THERE)
-	throw_incompatible_class_change_error
-	  (JvNewStringLatin1 ("method not found"));
-
       if (the_method == 0)
 	{
 	  java::lang::StringBuffer *sb = new java::lang::StringBuffer();
@@ -324,6 +314,16 @@ _Jv_ResolvePoolEntry (jclass klass, int index)
 	  throw new java::lang::NoSuchMethodError (sb->toString());
 	}
       
+      if (pool->tags[index] == JV_CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref)
+	vtable_index = -1;
+      else
+	vtable_index = _Jv_DetermineVTableIndex (found_class, method_name,
+						 method_signature);
+
+      if (vtable_index == METHOD_NOT_THERE)
+	throw_incompatible_class_change_error
+	  (JvNewStringLatin1 ("method not found"));
+
       pool->data[index].rmethod = 
 	_Jv_BuildResolvedMethod(the_method,
 				found_class,