--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.hpp	Wed Jan 09 08:07:23 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.hpp	Wed Jan 09 07:52:45 2019 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2019, 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
@@ -1242,11 +1242,7 @@
 
 private:
   // initialization state
-#ifdef ASSERT
   void set_init_state(ClassState state);
-#else
-  void set_init_state(ClassState state) { _init_state = (u1)state; }
-#endif
   void set_rewritten()                  { _misc_flags |= _misc_rewritten; }
   void set_init_thread(Thread *thread)  { _init_thread = thread; }