diff -r 45071514f87a -r 8237a91c1cca src/hotspot/share/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp	Tue Apr 03 10:27:46 2018 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/interpreterRuntime.cpp	Tue Apr 03 13:15:27 2018 +0200
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
     if (rindex >= 0) {
       oop coop = m->constants()->resolved_references()->obj_at(rindex);
       oop roop = (result == NULL ? Universe::the_null_sentinel() : result);
-      assert(roop == coop, "expected result for assembly code");
+      assert(oopDesc::equals(roop, coop), "expected result for assembly code");
     }
   }
 #endif