--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciObjectFactory.cpp	Sun Jun 23 22:08:28 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciObjectFactory.cpp	Mon Jun 24 18:55:46 2013 -0400
@@ -265,8 +265,6 @@
 ciMetadata* ciObjectFactory::get_metadata(Metadata* key) {
   ASSERT_IN_VM;
 
-  assert(key == NULL || key->is_metadata(), "must be");
-
 #ifdef ASSERT
   if (CIObjectFactoryVerify) {
     Metadata* last = NULL;