diff -r 896ddba45177 -r edba42d2370f src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.inline.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.inline.hpp	Wed Jan 23 09:57:31 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.inline.hpp	Wed Jan 23 10:50:27 2019 -0500
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 int java_lang_String::length(oop java_string, typeArrayOop value) {
   assert(initialized, "Must be initialized");
   assert(is_instance(java_string), "must be java_string");
-  assert(oopDesc::equals_raw(value, java_lang_String::value(java_string)),
+  assert(oopDesc::equals(value, java_lang_String::value(java_string)),
          "value must be same as java_lang_String::value(java_string)");
   if (value == NULL) {
     return 0;