--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Thu Nov 05 19:31:57 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Fri Nov 06 11:34:03 2015 +0100
@@ -2935,12 +2935,10 @@
 
   if (this == SystemDictionary::String_klass()) {
     typeArrayOop value  = java_lang_String::value(obj);
-    juint        offset = java_lang_String::offset(obj);
     juint        length = java_lang_String::length(obj);
     if (value != NULL &&
         value->is_typeArray() &&
-        offset          <= (juint) value->length() &&
-        offset + length <= (juint) value->length()) {
+        length <= (juint) value->length()) {
       st->print(BULLET"string: ");
       java_lang_String::print(obj, st);
       st->cr();