diff -r e709712a8188 -r 0246f81c1dcd src/hotspot/cpu/x86/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahBarrierSetAssembler_x86.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahBarrierSetAssembler_x86.cpp	Wed Jul 03 07:56:41 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahBarrierSetAssembler_x86.cpp	Wed Jul 03 17:52:56 2019 +0200
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     }
 #endif
 
-    if (ShenandoahSATBBarrier && !dest_uninitialized && !ShenandoahHeap::heap()->heuristics()->can_do_traversal_gc()) {
+    if (ShenandoahSATBBarrier && !dest_uninitialized) {
       Register thread = NOT_LP64(rax) LP64_ONLY(r15_thread);
       assert_different_registers(dst, count, thread); // we don't care about src here?
 #ifndef _LP64