diff --git a/runtime/compiler/optimizer/J9ValuePropagation.cpp b/runtime/compiler/optimizer/J9ValuePropagation.cpp
index b208b30d055..ede01a33826 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/optimizer/J9ValuePropagation.cpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/optimizer/J9ValuePropagation.cpp
@@ -2130,6 +2130,11 @@ J9::ValuePropagation::constrainRecognizedMethod(TR::Node *node)
 #if defined(J9VM_OPT_METHOD_HANDLE)
          case TR::java_lang_invoke_PrimitiveHandle_initializeClassIfRequired:
             {
+            // The macro J9VMJAVALANGINVOKEPRIMITIVEHANDLE used later
+            // will access vm information which is not available on the JITServer,
+            // bypass in this case to prevent an invalid class pointer being retrieved
+            if (comp()->isOutOfProcessCompilation())
+               break;
             TR::Node* mh = node->getArgument(0);
             bool mhConstraintGlobal;
             TR::VPConstraint* mhConstraint = getConstraint(mh, mhConstraintGlobal);