--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiTrace.cpp	Fri Nov 09 22:22:53 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiTrace.cpp	Mon Nov 12 16:15:05 2012 -0500
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
   if (k_oop == NULL) {
     return "INVALID";
   }
-  return Klass::cast(k_oop)->external_name();
+  return k_oop->external_name();
 }
 
 #endif /*JVMTI_TRACE */