--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/klass.cpp	Tue Jan 07 12:32:57 2014 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/klass.cpp	Tue Jan 07 13:26:56 2014 -0500
@@ -376,8 +376,6 @@
 }
 
 bool Klass::is_loader_alive(BoolObjectClosure* is_alive) {
-  assert(ClassLoaderDataGraph::contains((address)this), "is in the metaspace");
-
 #ifdef ASSERT
   // The class is alive iff the class loader is alive.
   oop loader = class_loader();