--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateTable_aarch64.cpp	Fri Nov 10 19:10:54 2017 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateTable_aarch64.cpp	Thu Nov 30 17:13:33 2017 +0100
@@ -2196,13 +2196,6 @@
     __ bind(skip_register_finalizer);
   }
 
-  // Explicitly reset last_sp, for handling special case in TemplateInterpreter::deopt_reexecute_entry
-#ifdef ASSERT
-  if (state == vtos) {
-    __ str(zr, Address(rfp, frame::interpreter_frame_last_sp_offset * wordSize));
-  }
-#endif
-
   // Issue a StoreStore barrier after all stores but before return
   // from any constructor for any class with a final field.  We don't
   // know if this is a finalizer, so we always do so.