diff --git a/runtime/entrypoints/entrypoint_utils.cc b/runtime/entrypoints/entrypoint_utils.cc
index d063dfb..0fa0e41 100644
--- a/runtime/entrypoints/entrypoint_utils.cc
+++ b/runtime/entrypoints/entrypoint_utils.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "class_linker-inl.h"
 #include "dex_file-inl.h"
 #include "gc/accounting/card_table-inl.h"
+#include "method_helper-inl.h"
 #include "mirror/art_field-inl.h"
 #include "mirror/art_method-inl.h"
 #include "mirror/class-inl.h"
@@ -138,6 +139,25 @@
   self->ResetDefaultStackEnd(!explicit_overflow_check);  // Return to default stack size.
 }
 
+void CheckReferenceResult(mirror::Object* o, Thread* self) {
+  if (o == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+  mirror::ArtMethod* m = self->GetCurrentMethod(NULL);
+  if (o == kInvalidIndirectRefObject) {
+    JniAbortF(NULL, "invalid reference returned from %s", PrettyMethod(m).c_str());
+  }
+  // Make sure that the result is an instance of the type this method was expected to return.
+  StackHandleScope<1> hs(self);
+  Handle<mirror::ArtMethod> h_m(hs.NewHandle(m));
+  mirror::Class* return_type = MethodHelper(h_m).GetReturnType();
+
+  if (!o->InstanceOf(return_type)) {
+    JniAbortF(NULL, "attempt to return an instance of %s from %s", PrettyTypeOf(o).c_str(),
+              PrettyMethod(h_m.Get()).c_str());
+  }
+}
+
 JValue InvokeProxyInvocationHandler(ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable& soa, const char* shorty,
                                     jobject rcvr_jobj, jobject interface_method_jobj,
                                     std::vector<jvalue>& args) {