--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/leakprofiler/chains/dfsClosure.cpp	Mon Sep 02 21:08:41 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/leakprofiler/chains/dfsClosure.cpp	Tue Sep 03 11:48:31 2019 +0200
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@
 
 void DFSClosure::do_root(const oop* ref) {
   assert(ref != NULL, "invariant");
-  assert(is_aligned(ref, HeapWordSize), "invariant");
-  const oop pointee = *ref;
+  const oop pointee = UnifiedOop::dereference(ref);
   assert(pointee != NULL, "invariant");
   closure_impl(ref, pointee);
 }