--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/loopTransform.cpp	Tue Feb 24 23:31:00 2015 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/loopTransform.cpp	Tue Feb 24 15:23:05 2015 +0100
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@
     // Hopefully, compiler will optimize for powers of 2.
     Node *ctrl = get_ctrl(main_limit);
     Node *stride = cl->stride();
-    Node *init = cl->init_trip();
+    Node *init = cl->init_trip()->uncast();
     Node *span = new SubINode(main_limit,init);
     register_new_node(span,ctrl);
     Node *rndup = _igvn.intcon(stride_con + ((stride_con>0)?-1:1));