--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRGenerator_sparc.cpp	Wed Mar 20 17:04:45 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRGenerator_sparc.cpp	Thu Mar 21 09:27:54 2013 +0100
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 
 void LIRGenerator::do_StoreIndexed(StoreIndexed* x) {
   assert(x->is_pinned(),"");
-  bool needs_range_check = true;
+  bool needs_range_check = x->compute_needs_range_check();
   bool use_length = x->length() != NULL;
   bool obj_store = x->elt_type() == T_ARRAY || x->elt_type() == T_OBJECT;
   bool needs_store_check = obj_store && (x->value()->as_Constant() == NULL ||
@@ -339,12 +339,9 @@
   array.load_item();
   index.load_nonconstant();
 
-  if (use_length) {
-    needs_range_check = x->compute_needs_range_check();
-    if (needs_range_check) {
-      length.set_instruction(x->length());
-      length.load_item();
-    }
+  if (use_length && needs_range_check) {
+    length.set_instruction(x->length());
+    length.load_item();
   }
   if (needs_store_check) {
     value.load_item();