--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/stubGenerator_sparc.cpp	Wed Oct 06 14:18:32 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/stubGenerator_sparc.cpp	Thu Oct 07 21:40:55 2010 -0700
@@ -2586,6 +2586,8 @@
     __ restore();
 #endif
 
+    assert_clean_int(O2_count, G1);     // Make sure 'count' is clean int.
+
 #ifdef ASSERT
     // caller guarantees that the arrays really are different
     // otherwise, we would have to make conjoint checks
@@ -2600,8 +2602,6 @@
     }
 #endif //ASSERT
 
-    assert_clean_int(O2_count, G1);     // Make sure 'count' is clean int.
-
     checkcast_copy_entry = __ pc();
     // caller can pass a 64-bit byte count here (from generic stub)
     BLOCK_COMMENT("Entry:");