--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/mutableSpace.cpp	Thu Mar 12 15:51:12 2015 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/mutableSpace.cpp	Mon Feb 16 14:07:36 2015 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
 PRAGMA_FORMAT_MUTE_WARNINGS_FOR_GCC
 
 MutableSpace::MutableSpace(size_t alignment): ImmutableSpace(), _top(NULL), _alignment(alignment) {
-  assert(MutableSpace::alignment() >= 0 &&
-         MutableSpace::alignment() % os::vm_page_size() == 0,
+  assert(MutableSpace::alignment() % os::vm_page_size() == 0,
          "Space should be aligned");
   _mangler = new MutableSpaceMangler(this);
 }