--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp	Fri Nov 09 22:22:53 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp	Mon Nov 12 16:15:05 2012 -0500
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
 }
 
 static void link_shared_classes(Klass* obj, TRAPS) {
-  Klass* k = Klass::cast(obj);
+  Klass* k = obj;
   if (k->oop_is_instance()) {
     InstanceKlass* ik = (InstanceKlass*) k;
     // Link the class to cause the bytecodes to be rewritten and the