diff -r 8b8001fb3aa0 -r d515f86283be hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciTypeFlow.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciTypeFlow.cpp	Wed Oct 01 09:40:43 2014 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciTypeFlow.cpp	Wed Oct 01 12:34:38 2014 -0700
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
     if (obj->is_null_object()) {
       push_null();
     } else {
-      assert(obj->is_instance(), "must be java_mirror of klass");
+      assert(obj->is_instance() || obj->is_array(), "must be java_mirror of klass");
       push_object(obj->klass());
     }
   } else {