diff --git a/src/class_linker.cc b/src/class_linker.cc
index 1c9f064..17f80d4 100644
--- a/src/class_linker.cc
+++ b/src/class_linker.cc
@@ -2326,6 +2326,14 @@
       DCHECK(Thread::Current()->IsExceptionPending());
       return false;
     }
+    // Verify
+    if (!klass->CanAccess(super_class)) {
+      Thread::Current()->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/IllegalAccessError;",
+          "Class %s extended by class %s is inaccessible",
+          PrettyDescriptor(super_class).c_str(),
+          PrettyDescriptor(klass.get()).c_str());
+      return false;
+    }
     klass->SetSuperClass(super_class);
   }
   const DexFile::TypeList* interfaces = dex_file.GetInterfacesList(*class_def);
diff --git a/src/java_lang_VMClassLoader.cc b/src/java_lang_VMClassLoader.cc
index 28421b4..9d2e2a8 100644
--- a/src/java_lang_VMClassLoader.cc
+++ b/src/java_lang_VMClassLoader.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@
 
   std::string descriptor(DotToDescriptor(name.c_str()));
   Class* c = Runtime::Current()->GetClassLinker()->LookupClass(descriptor.c_str(), loader);
-  return AddLocalReference<jclass>(env, c);
+  if (c != NULL && c->IsResolved()) {
+    return AddLocalReference<jclass>(env, c);
+  } else {
+    // Class wasn't resolved so it may be erroneous or not yet ready, force the caller to go into
+    // the regular loadClass code.
+    return NULL;
+  }
 }
 
 jint VMClassLoader_getBootClassPathSize(JNIEnv* env, jclass) {