--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/relocInfo_ppc.cpp	Mon Nov 09 11:50:15 2015 -0500
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/ppc/vm/relocInfo_ppc.cpp	Tue Oct 27 12:25:08 2015 +0100
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       nativeMovConstReg_at(addr())->set_narrow_oop(no, code());
     }
   } else {
-    assert((address) (nativeMovConstReg_at(addr())->data()) == x, "data must match");
+    guarantee((address) (nativeMovConstReg_at(addr())->data()) == x, "data must match");
   }
 }