diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/compile.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/compile.hpp
index 2c331e15a8a..834ee24bda0 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/compile.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/compile.hpp
@@ -1059,6 +1059,13 @@ public:
   // Record this CallGenerator for inlining at the end of parsing.
   void              add_late_inline(CallGenerator* cg)        {
     _late_inlines.insert_before(_late_inlines_pos, cg);
+    if (StressIncrementalInlining) {
+      assert(_late_inlines_pos < _late_inlines.length(), "unthinkable!");
+      if (_late_inlines.length() - _late_inlines_pos >= 2) {
+        int j = (C->random() % (_late_inlines.length() - _late_inlines_pos)) + _late_inlines_pos;
+        swap(_late_inlines.at(_late_inlines_pos), _late_inlines.at(j));
+      }
+    }
     _late_inlines_pos++;
   }