--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.cpp	Sun Jun 23 22:08:28 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.cpp	Mon Jun 24 18:55:46 2013 -0400
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@
 
 void ConstMethod::verify_on(outputStream* st) {
   guarantee(is_constMethod(), "object must be constMethod");
-  guarantee(is_metadata(), err_msg("Should be metadata " PTR_FORMAT, this));
 
   // Verification can occur during oop construction before the method or
   // other fields have been initialized.