--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRGenerator_sparc.cpp	Tue Sep 15 11:09:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRGenerator_sparc.cpp	Tue Sep 15 21:53:47 2009 -0700
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@
   LIR_Opr len = length.result();
   BasicType elem_type = x->elt_type();
 
-  __ oop2reg(ciTypeArrayKlass::make(elem_type)->encoding(), klass_reg);
+  __ oop2reg(ciTypeArrayKlass::make(elem_type)->constant_encoding(), klass_reg);
 
   CodeStub* slow_path = new NewTypeArrayStub(klass_reg, len, reg, info);
   __ allocate_array(reg, len, tmp1, tmp2, tmp3, tmp4, elem_type, klass_reg, slow_path);