--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/graphKit.cpp	Thu Mar 12 15:51:12 2015 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/graphKit.cpp	Mon Feb 16 14:07:36 2015 +0100
@@ -3027,12 +3027,7 @@
     // We may not have profiling here or it may not help us. If we have
     // a speculative type use it to perform an exact cast.
     ciKlass* spec_obj_type = obj_type->speculative_type();
-    if (spec_obj_type != NULL ||
-        (data != NULL &&
-         // Counter has never been decremented (due to cast failure).
-         // ...This is a reasonable thing to expect.  It is true of
-         // all casts inserted by javac to implement generic types.
-         data->as_CounterData()->count() >= 0)) {
+    if (spec_obj_type != NULL || data != NULL) {
       cast_obj = maybe_cast_profiled_receiver(not_null_obj, tk->klass(), spec_obj_type, safe_for_replace);
       if (cast_obj != NULL) {
         if (failure_control != NULL) // failure is now impossible