diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-getters.h b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-getters.h
index 8e9804ba45aa8b..30cc66fcf7c176 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-getters.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-getters.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ MONO_CLASS_GETTER(m_class_is_interfaces_inited, gboolean, , MonoClass, interface
 MONO_CLASS_GETTER(m_class_is_simd_type, gboolean, , MonoClass, simd_type)
 MONO_CLASS_GETTER(m_class_is_has_finalize_inited, gboolean, , MonoClass, has_finalize_inited)
 MONO_CLASS_GETTER(m_class_is_fields_inited, gboolean, , MonoClass, fields_inited)
+MONO_CLASS_GETTER(m_class_is_exception_class, gboolean, , MonoClass, is_exception_class)
 MONO_CLASS_GETTER(m_class_has_failure, gboolean, , MonoClass, has_failure)
 MONO_CLASS_GETTER(m_class_has_deferred_failure, gboolean, , MonoClass, has_deferred_failure)
 MONO_CLASS_GETTER(m_class_has_weak_fields, gboolean, , MonoClass, has_weak_fields)
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-init.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-init.c
index 58e0a6b217ef23..0b1ecb8532e082 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-init.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-init.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ mono_class_create_from_typedef (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token, MonoError
 		klass->parent && !m_class_is_valuetype (klass) &&
 		!m_class_is_interface (klass)
 	) {
-		if (klass->parent->is_exception_class)
+		if (m_class_is_exception_class (klass->parent))
 			klass->is_exception_class = 1;
 		else if (!strcmp (klass->name, "Exception") && !strcmp(klass->name_space, "System"))
 			klass->is_exception_class = 1;
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/transform.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/transform.c
index 879d3c16f3ffdd..926b06a7c89eba 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/transform.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/transform.c
@@ -2907,7 +2907,7 @@ interp_method_check_inlining (TransformData *td, MonoMethod *method, MonoMethodS
 	if (g_list_find (td->dont_inline, method))
 		return FALSE;
 
-	if (method->klass->is_exception_class)
+	if (m_class_is_exception_class (method->klass))
 		return FALSE;
 
 	return TRUE;