--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.hpp	Fri Jan 11 09:53:24 2013 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.hpp	Mon Jan 14 11:01:39 2013 -0500
@@ -122,7 +122,12 @@
 class MethodParametersElement VALUE_OBJ_CLASS_SPEC {
  public:
   u2 name_cp_index;
-  u4 flags;
+  // This has to happen, otherwise it will cause SIGBUS from a
+  // misaligned u4 on some architectures (ie SPARC)
+  // because MethodParametersElements are only aligned mod 2
+  // within the ConstMethod container  u2 flags_hi;
+  u2 flags_hi;
+  u2 flags_lo;
 };