--- a/src/hotspot/share/code/compiledMethod.cpp	Mon Nov 25 12:32:40 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/code/compiledMethod.cpp	Mon Nov 25 12:33:15 2019 +0100
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         // next pointers always point at live ExceptionCaches, that are not removed due
         // to concurrent ExceptionCache cleanup.
         ExceptionCache* next = ec->next();
-        if (Atomic::cmpxchg(next, &_exception_cache, ec) == ec) {
+        if (Atomic::cmpxchg(&_exception_cache, ec, next) == ec) {
           CodeCache::release_exception_cache(ec);
         }
         continue;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         new_entry->set_next(ec);
       }
     }
-    if (Atomic::cmpxchg(new_entry, &_exception_cache, ec) == ec) {
+    if (Atomic::cmpxchg(&_exception_cache, ec, new_entry) == ec) {
       return;
     }
   }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
         // Try to clean head; this is contended by concurrent inserts, that
         // both lazily clean the head, and insert entries at the head. If
         // the CAS fails, the operation is restarted.
-        if (Atomic::cmpxchg(next, &_exception_cache, curr) != curr) {
+        if (Atomic::cmpxchg(&_exception_cache, curr, next) != curr) {
           prev = NULL;
           curr = exception_cache_acquire();
           continue;