--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_MacroAssembler_sparc.hpp	Tue Nov 24 10:30:23 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_MacroAssembler_sparc.hpp	Mon Nov 23 11:06:14 2015 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -88,4 +88,7 @@
   void invalidate_registers(bool iregisters, bool lregisters, bool oregisters,
                             Register preserve1 = noreg, Register preserve2 = noreg);
 
+  // This platform only uses signal-based null checks. The Label is not needed.
+  void null_check(Register r, Label *Lnull = NULL) { MacroAssembler::null_check(r); }
+
 #endif // CPU_SPARC_VM_C1_MACROASSEMBLER_SPARC_HPP