--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/dependencies.cpp	Tue Jan 07 12:32:57 2014 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/dependencies.cpp	Tue Jan 07 13:26:56 2014 -0500
@@ -655,8 +655,6 @@
   } else {
     o = _deps->oop_recorder()->metadata_at(i);
   }
-  assert(o == NULL || o->is_metaspace_object(),
-         err_msg("Should be metadata " PTR_FORMAT, o));
   return o;
 }