diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
index ca440b69913..24f6156224d 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
@@ -2159,7 +2159,8 @@ WB_ENTRY(jboolean, WB_IsJVMCISupportedByGC(JNIEnv* env))
 WB_END
 
 WB_ENTRY(jboolean, WB_CanWriteJavaHeapArchive(JNIEnv* env))
-  return HeapShared::can_write();
+  return HeapShared::can_write()
+      && ArchiveHeapLoader::can_use(); // work-around JDK-8341371
 WB_END