--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.cpp	Thu Mar 12 15:51:12 2015 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.cpp	Mon Feb 16 14:07:36 2015 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
   _map(map), _size(size_in_bits), _map_allocator(false)
 {
   assert(sizeof(bm_word_t) == BytesPerWord, "Implementation assumption.");
-  assert(size_in_bits >= 0, "just checking");
 }
 
 
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@
 }
 
 void BitMap::resize(idx_t size_in_bits, bool in_resource_area) {
-  assert(size_in_bits >= 0, "just checking");
   idx_t old_size_in_words = size_in_words();
   bm_word_t* old_map = map();