--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahBarrierSetAssembler_x86.cpp	Thu Jul 18 07:06:33 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahBarrierSetAssembler_x86.cpp	Thu Jul 18 13:16:10 2019 +0200
@@ -880,10 +880,8 @@
   }
 
   // Check for null.
-  if (stub->needs_null_check()) {
-    __ testptr(res, res);
-    __ jcc(Assembler::zero, done);
-  }
+  __ testptr(res, res);
+  __ jcc(Assembler::zero, done);
 
   load_reference_barrier_not_null(ce->masm(), res);