--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	Wed Oct 03 03:41:57 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	Wed Oct 03 09:46:46 2018 -0400
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@
 #ifdef ASSERT
     assert(sym->utf8_length() == _len, "%s [%d,%d]", where, sym->utf8_length(), _len);
     for (int i = 0; i < _len; i++) {
-      assert(sym->byte_at(i) == (jbyte) _name[i],
-             "%s [%d,%d,%d]", where, i, sym->byte_at(i), _name[i]);
+      assert(sym->char_at(i) == _name[i],
+             "%s [%d,%d,%d]", where, i, sym->char_at(i), _name[i]);
     }
 #endif
   }