--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/sparc/gc/g1/g1BarrierSetAssembler_sparc.cpp	Tue Jun 26 13:50:59 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/sparc/gc/g1/g1BarrierSetAssembler_sparc.cpp	Tue Jun 26 16:59:38 2018 -0400
@@ -400,9 +400,10 @@
 void G1BarrierSetAssembler::oop_store_at(MacroAssembler* masm, DecoratorSet decorators, BasicType type,
                                          Register val, Address dst, Register tmp) {
   bool in_heap = (decorators & IN_HEAP) != 0;
-  bool in_concurrent_root = (decorators & IN_CONCURRENT_ROOT) != 0;
+  bool as_normal = (decorators & AS_NORMAL) != 0;
+  assert((decorators & IS_DEST_UNINITIALIZED) == 0, "unsupported");
 
-  bool needs_pre_barrier = in_heap || in_concurrent_root;
+  bool needs_pre_barrier = as_normal;
   // No need for post barrier if storing NULL
   bool needs_post_barrier = val != G0 && in_heap;