diff -r e27564cd10e3 -r 08a5148e7c4e src/hotspot/share/opto/parse3.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/parse3.cpp	Mon Sep 23 14:39:11 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/parse3.cpp	Mon Sep 23 14:49:04 2019 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2019, 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
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
   DecoratorSet decorators = IN_HEAP;
   decorators |= is_vol ? MO_SEQ_CST : MO_UNORDERED;
 
-  bool is_obj = bt == T_OBJECT || bt == T_ARRAY;
+  bool is_obj = is_reference_type(bt);
 
   if (is_obj) {
     if (!field->type()->is_loaded()) {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
   DecoratorSet decorators = IN_HEAP;
   decorators |= is_vol ? MO_SEQ_CST : MO_UNORDERED;
 
-  bool is_obj = bt == T_OBJECT || bt == T_ARRAY;
+  bool is_obj = is_reference_type(bt);
 
   // Store the value.
   const Type* field_type;