--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/stress/strace/strace005.cpp	Wed Nov 21 18:44:11 2018 +0000
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/stress/strace/strace005.cpp	Wed Nov 21 10:46:45 2018 -0800
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
     }
 
     FIND_CLASS(stackOverflowErrorClass, "java/lang/StackOverflowError");
-    if ((stackOverflowErrorClass = (jclass) env->NewGlobalRef(stackOverflowErrorClass)) == NULL) {
+    stackOverflowErrorClass = (jclass) env->NewGlobalRef(stackOverflowErrorClass);
+    if (stackOverflowErrorClass == NULL) {
         printf("Can't create global ref for stack overflow class\n");
         return 0;
     }