--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp	Wed Mar 30 12:34:08 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp	Tue Mar 29 10:07:54 2016 +0000
@@ -1982,14 +1982,8 @@
   __ push(rscratch1);
   __ push(rscratch2);
   __ push(rscratch3);
-  Label L;
-  __ mov(rscratch2, (address) &BytecodeCounter::_counter_value);
-  __ prfm(Address(rscratch2), PSTL1STRM);
-  __ bind(L);
-  __ ldxr(rscratch1, rscratch2);
-  __ add(rscratch1, rscratch1, 1);
-  __ stxr(rscratch3, rscratch1, rscratch2);
-  __ cbnzw(rscratch3, L);
+  __ mov(rscratch3, (address) &BytecodeCounter::_counter_value);
+  __ atomic_add(noreg, 1, rscratch3);
   __ pop(rscratch3);
   __ pop(rscratch2);
   __ pop(rscratch1);