diff --git a/runtime/fault_handler.cc b/runtime/fault_handler.cc
index 94753d4..83f3ae1 100644
--- a/runtime/fault_handler.cc
+++ b/runtime/fault_handler.cc
@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@
   // TODO: check the GC maps to make sure it's an object.
   // Check that the class pointer inside the object is not null and is aligned.
   // TODO: Method might be not a heap address, and GetClass could fault.
-  mirror::Class* cls = method_obj->GetClass<kVerifyNone>();
+  // No read barrier because method_obj may not be a real object.
+  mirror::Class* cls = method_obj->GetClass<kVerifyNone, kWithoutReadBarrier>();
   if (cls == nullptr) {
     VLOG(signals) << "not a class";
     return false;
@@ -440,4 +441,3 @@
 }
 
 }   // namespace art
-