diff -r 519643dbbefb -r eadd8fa553d9 hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/virtualspace.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/virtualspace.cpp	Wed Feb 15 12:17:30 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/virtualspace.cpp	Thu Feb 16 15:52:01 2012 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
 
 void ReservedSpace::protect_noaccess_prefix(const size_t size) {
   assert( (_noaccess_prefix != 0) == (UseCompressedOops && _base != NULL &&
-                                      (size_t(_base + _size) > OopEncodingHeapMax) &&
+                                      (Universe::narrow_oop_base() != NULL) &&
                                       Universe::narrow_oop_use_implicit_null_checks()),
          "noaccess_prefix should be used only with non zero based compressed oops");