diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/aotClassLinking/BulkLoaderTest.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/aotClassLinking/BulkLoaderTest.java
index 30f7ce12ca0..0f7707edae3 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/aotClassLinking/BulkLoaderTest.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/aotClassLinking/BulkLoaderTest.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.lang.StackWalker.StackFrame;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -312,12 +313,15 @@ class BulkLoaderTestApp {
         }
     }
 
+    static ArrayList<ClassLoader> savedLoaders = new ArrayList<>();
+
     static Object initFromCustomLoader() throws Exception {
         String path = "cust.jar";
         URL url = new File(path).toURI().toURL();
         URL[] urls = new URL[] {url};
         URLClassLoader urlClassLoader =
             new URLClassLoader("MyLoader", urls, null);
+        savedLoaders.add(urlClassLoader);
         Class c = Class.forName("SimpleCusty", true, urlClassLoader);
         return c.newInstance();
     }