--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/adlc/formssel.cpp	Tue Dec 15 21:17:50 2015 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/adlc/formssel.cpp	Tue Dec 15 19:18:05 2015 +0000
@@ -1246,7 +1246,8 @@
       !is_short_branch() &&     // Don't match another short branch variant
       reduce_result() != NULL &&
       strcmp(reduce_result(), short_branch->reduce_result()) == 0 &&
-      _matrule->equivalent(AD.globalNames(), short_branch->_matrule)) {
+      _matrule->equivalent(AD.globalNames(), short_branch->_matrule) &&
+      equivalent_predicates(this, short_branch)) {
     // The instructions are equivalent.
 
     // Now verify that both instructions have the same parameters and