--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/stubGenerator_ppc.cpp	Wed Aug 23 10:25:25 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/stubGenerator_ppc.cpp	Wed Aug 23 14:52:55 2017 -0400
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@
   // Wrapper which calls oopDesc::is_oop_or_null()
   // Only called by MacroAssembler::verify_oop
   static void verify_oop_helper(const char* message, oop o) {
-    if (!o->is_oop_or_null()) {
+    if (!oopDesc::is_oop_or_null(o)) {
       fatal("%s", message);
     }
     ++ StubRoutines::_verify_oop_count;