--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	Wed Aug 23 10:25:25 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	Wed Aug 23 14:52:55 2017 -0400
@@ -1318,8 +1318,6 @@
   int vtable_index = Method::invalid_vtable_index;
   methodHandle selected_method;
 
-  assert(recv.is_null() || recv->is_oop(), "receiver is not an oop");
-
   // runtime method resolution
   if (check_null_and_abstract && recv.is_null()) { // check if receiver exists
     THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_NullPointerException());