--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.inline.hpp	Sat Feb 10 09:25:35 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/taskqueue.inline.hpp	Sun Feb 11 03:12:15 2018 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018, 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
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 #if !(defined SPARC || defined IA32 || defined AMD64)
   OrderAccess::fence();
 #endif
-  uint localBot = OrderAccess::load_acquire((volatile juint*)&_bottom);
+  uint localBot = OrderAccess::load_acquire(&_bottom);
   uint n_elems = size(localBot, oldAge.top());
   if (n_elems == 0) {
     return false;