diff -r e29be5a1ff5e -r 4f0ada6dcace hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_Runtime1_sparc.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_Runtime1_sparc.cpp	Fri Oct 18 09:36:35 2013 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_Runtime1_sparc.cpp	Fri Oct 18 12:15:32 2013 -0700
@@ -404,7 +404,9 @@
           if (id == fast_new_instance_init_check_id) {
             // make sure the klass is initialized
             __ ldub(G5_klass, in_bytes(InstanceKlass::init_state_offset()), G3_t1);
-            __ cmp_and_br_short(G3_t1, InstanceKlass::fully_initialized, Assembler::notEqual, Assembler::pn, slow_path);
+            __ cmp(G3_t1, InstanceKlass::fully_initialized);
+            __ br(Assembler::notEqual, false, Assembler::pn, slow_path);
+            __ delayed()->nop();
           }
 #ifdef ASSERT
           // assert object can be fast path allocated
@@ -515,7 +517,9 @@
 
           // check that array length is small enough for fast path
           __ set(C1_MacroAssembler::max_array_allocation_length, G3_t1);
-          __ cmp_and_br_short(G4_length, G3_t1, Assembler::greaterUnsigned, Assembler::pn, slow_path);
+          __ cmp(G4_length, G3_t1);
+          __ br(Assembler::greaterUnsigned, false, Assembler::pn, slow_path);
+          __ delayed()->nop();
 
           // if we got here then the TLAB allocation failed, so try
           // refilling the TLAB or allocating directly from eden.