diff -r 4cbfa5077d68 -r 623722a6aeb9 src/hotspot/share/oops/symbol.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/symbol.cpp	Mon Nov 25 12:32:40 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/symbol.cpp	Mon Nov 25 12:33:15 2019 +0100
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
     } else if (refc == 0) {
       return false; // dead, can't revive.
     } else {
-      found = Atomic::cmpxchg(old_value + 1, &_length_and_refcount, old_value);
+      found = Atomic::cmpxchg(&_length_and_refcount, old_value, old_value + 1);
       if (found == old_value) {
         return true; // successfully updated.
       }
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 #endif
       return;
     } else {
-      found = Atomic::cmpxchg(old_value - 1, &_length_and_refcount, old_value);
+      found = Atomic::cmpxchg(&_length_and_refcount, old_value, old_value - 1);
       if (found == old_value) {
         return;  // successfully updated.
       }
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
       return;
     } else {
       int len = extract_length(old_value);
-      found = Atomic::cmpxchg(pack_length_and_refcount(len, PERM_REFCOUNT), &_length_and_refcount, old_value);
+      found = Atomic::cmpxchg(&_length_and_refcount, old_value, pack_length_and_refcount(len, PERM_REFCOUNT));
       if (found == old_value) {
         return;  // successfully updated.
       }