--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/loopnode.cpp	Tue Mar 31 10:02:01 2009 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/loopnode.cpp	Tue Mar 31 14:07:08 2009 -0700
@@ -2668,6 +2668,8 @@
     case Op_LoadD_unaligned:
     case Op_LoadL_unaligned:
     case Op_StrComp:            // Does a bunch of load-like effects
+    case Op_StrEquals:
+    case Op_StrIndexOf:
     case Op_AryEq:
       pinned = false;
     }