--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp	Sun Jun 23 22:08:28 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp	Mon Jun 24 18:55:46 2013 -0400
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@
 Method* frame::interpreter_frame_method() const {
   assert(is_interpreted_frame(), "interpreted frame expected");
   Method* m = *interpreter_frame_method_addr();
-  assert(m->is_metadata(), "bad Method* in interpreter frame");
   assert(m->is_method(), "not a Method*");
   return m;
 }