--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/sparc/c1_LIRGenerator_sparc.cpp	Mon Apr 30 17:50:05 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/sparc/c1_LIRGenerator_sparc.cpp	Mon Apr 30 20:29:19 2018 -0400
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@
 void LIRGenerator::do_CheckCast(CheckCast* x) {
   LIRItem obj(x->obj(), this);
   CodeEmitInfo* patching_info = NULL;
-  if (!x->klass()->is_loaded() || (PatchALot && !x->is_incompatible_class_change_check())) {
+  if (!x->klass()->is_loaded() || (PatchALot && !x->is_incompatible_class_change_check() && !x->is_invokespecial_receiver_check())) {
     // must do this before locking the destination register as an oop register,
     // and before the obj is loaded (so x->obj()->item() is valid for creating a debug info location)
     patching_info = state_for(x, x->state_before());