--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/gcm.cpp	Wed Nov 16 01:39:50 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/gcm.cpp	Wed Nov 16 09:13:57 2011 -0800
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   assert(in0 != NULL, "Only control-dependent");
   const Node *p = in0->is_block_proj();
   if (p != NULL && p != n) {    // Control from a block projection?
-    assert(!n->pinned() || n->is_MachConstantBase() || n->is_SafePointScalarObject(), "only pinned MachConstantBase or SafePointScalarObject node is expected here");
+    assert(!n->pinned() || n->is_MachConstantBase(), "only pinned MachConstantBase node is expected here");
     // Find trailing Region
     Block *pb = _bbs[in0->_idx]; // Block-projection already has basic block
     uint j = 0;