--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/c1_LIRGenerator_ppc.cpp	Wed Apr 19 14:37:11 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/c1_LIRGenerator_ppc.cpp	Thu Dec 01 14:21:31 2016 -0500
@@ -1131,12 +1131,19 @@
   obj.load_item();
   LIR_Opr out_reg = rlock_result(x);
   CodeStub* stub;
-  CodeEmitInfo* info_for_exception = state_for(x);
+  CodeEmitInfo* info_for_exception =
+      (x->needs_exception_state() ? state_for(x) :
+                                    state_for(x, x->state_before(), true /*ignore_xhandler*/));
 
   if (x->is_incompatible_class_change_check()) {
     assert(patching_info == NULL, "can't patch this");
     stub = new SimpleExceptionStub(Runtime1::throw_incompatible_class_change_error_id,
                                    LIR_OprFact::illegalOpr, info_for_exception);
+  } else if (x->is_invokespecial_receiver_check()) {
+    assert(patching_info == NULL, "can't patch this");
+    stub = new DeoptimizeStub(info_for_exception,
+                              Deoptimization::Reason_class_check,
+                              Deoptimization::Action_none);
   } else {
     stub = new SimpleExceptionStub(Runtime1::throw_class_cast_exception_id, obj.result(), info_for_exception);
   }