diff -r 693c6b883b54 -r 8c1e3dd5fe1b hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp	Fri Mar 18 15:52:42 2011 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp	Fri Mar 18 16:00:34 2011 -0700
@@ -1471,9 +1471,9 @@
   if (code == Bytecodes::_getstatic || code == Bytecodes::_putstatic) {
     if (state_before != NULL) {
       // build a patching constant
-      obj = new Constant(new ClassConstant(holder), state_before);
+      obj = new Constant(new InstanceConstant(holder->java_mirror()), state_before);
     } else {
-      obj = new Constant(new ClassConstant(holder));
+      obj = new Constant(new InstanceConstant(holder->java_mirror()));
     }
   }