diff --git a/runtime/entrypoints/quick/quick_throw_entrypoints.cc b/runtime/entrypoints/quick/quick_throw_entrypoints.cc
index 9b0756b..ba7fb6b 100644
--- a/runtime/entrypoints/quick/quick_throw_entrypoints.cc
+++ b/runtime/entrypoints/quick/quick_throw_entrypoints.cc
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 #include "art_method-inl.h"
 #include "callee_save_frame.h"
+#include "dex/code_item_accessors-inl.h"
+#include "dex/dex_instruction-inl.h"
 #include "common_throws.h"
 #include "mirror/object-inl.h"
+#include "nth_caller_visitor.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "well_known_classes.h"
 
@@ -112,6 +115,26 @@
                                                      Thread* self)
     REQUIRES_SHARED(Locks::mutator_lock_) {
   ScopedQuickEntrypointChecks sqec(self);
+  if (dest_type == nullptr) {
+    // Find the target class for check cast using the bitstring check (dest_type == null).
+    NthCallerVisitor visitor(self, 0u);
+    visitor.WalkStack();
+    DCHECK(visitor.caller != nullptr);
+    uint32_t dex_pc = visitor.GetDexPc();
+    CodeItemDataAccessor accessor(*visitor.caller->GetDexFile(), visitor.caller->GetCodeItem());
+    const Instruction& check_cast = accessor.InstructionAt(dex_pc);
+    DCHECK_EQ(check_cast.Opcode(), Instruction::CHECK_CAST);
+    dex::TypeIndex type_index(check_cast.VRegB_21c());
+    ClassLinker* linker = Runtime::Current()->GetClassLinker();
+    dest_type = linker->LookupResolvedType(type_index, visitor.caller).Ptr();
+    CHECK(dest_type != nullptr) << "Target class should have been previously resolved: "
+        << visitor.caller->GetDexFile()->PrettyType(type_index);
+    CHECK(!dest_type->IsAssignableFrom(src_type))
+        << " " << std::hex << dest_type->PrettyDescriptor() << ";" << dest_type->Depth()
+        << "/" << dest_type->GetField32(mirror::Class::StatusOffset())
+        << " <: " << src_type->PrettyDescriptor() << ";" << src_type->Depth()
+        << "/" << src_type->GetField32(mirror::Class::StatusOffset());
+  }
   DCHECK(!dest_type->IsAssignableFrom(src_type));
   ThrowClassCastException(dest_type, src_type);
   self->QuickDeliverException();