--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/interpreter.cpp	Mon Jun 07 14:17:01 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/interpreter.cpp	Wed Jun 09 18:50:45 2010 -0700
@@ -267,20 +267,6 @@
 }
 #endif // PRODUCT
 
-static BasicType constant_pool_type(methodOop method, int index) {
-  constantTag tag = method->constants()->tag_at(index);
-       if (tag.is_int              ()) return T_INT;
-  else if (tag.is_float            ()) return T_FLOAT;
-  else if (tag.is_long             ()) return T_LONG;
-  else if (tag.is_double           ()) return T_DOUBLE;
-  else if (tag.is_string           ()) return T_OBJECT;
-  else if (tag.is_unresolved_string()) return T_OBJECT;
-  else if (tag.is_klass            ()) return T_OBJECT;
-  else if (tag.is_unresolved_klass ()) return T_OBJECT;
-  ShouldNotReachHere();
-  return T_ILLEGAL;
-}
-
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Deoptimization support
@@ -330,13 +316,15 @@
     }
 
     case Bytecodes::_ldc   :
-      type = constant_pool_type( method, *(bcp+1) );
-      break;
-
     case Bytecodes::_ldc_w : // fall through
     case Bytecodes::_ldc2_w:
-      type = constant_pool_type( method, Bytes::get_Java_u2(bcp+1) );
-      break;
+      {
+        Thread *thread = Thread::current();
+        ResourceMark rm(thread);
+        methodHandle mh(thread, method);
+        type = Bytecode_loadconstant_at(mh, bci)->result_type();
+        break;
+      }
 
     default:
       type = Bytecodes::result_type(code);