--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Canonicalizer.cpp	Wed Feb 17 10:59:04 2016 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Canonicalizer.cpp	Fri Feb 19 11:16:38 2016 +0300
@@ -222,29 +222,31 @@
 }
 
 void Canonicalizer::do_ArrayLength    (ArrayLength*     x) {
-  NewArray* array = x->array()->as_NewArray();
-  if (array != NULL && array->length() != NULL) {
-    Constant* length = array->length()->as_Constant();
-    if (length != NULL) {
-      // do not use the Constant itself, but create a new Constant
-      // with same value Otherwise a Constant is live over multiple
-      // blocks without being registered in a state array.
+  NewArray*  na;
+  Constant*  ct;
+
+  if ((na = x->array()->as_NewArray()) != NULL) {
+    // New arrays might have the known length.
+    // Do not use the Constant itself, but create a new Constant
+    // with same value Otherwise a Constant is live over multiple
+    // blocks without being registered in a state array.
+    Constant* length;
+    if (na->length() != NULL &&
+        (length = na->length()->as_Constant()) != NULL) {
       assert(length->type()->as_IntConstant() != NULL, "array length must be integer");
       set_constant(length->type()->as_IntConstant()->value());
     }
+
+  } else if ((ct = x->array()->as_Constant()) != NULL) {
+    // Constant arrays have constant lengths.
+    set_constant(ct->type()->as_ArrayConstant()->value()->length());
+
+#ifdef ASSERT
   } else {
     LoadField* lf = x->array()->as_LoadField();
-    if (lf != NULL) {
-      ciField* field = lf->field();
-      if (field->is_constant() && field->is_static()) {
-        // final static field
-        ciObject* c = field->constant_value().as_object();
-        if (c->is_array()) {
-          ciArray* array = (ciArray*) c;
-          set_constant(array->length());
-        }
-      }
-    }
+    bool is_static_constant = (lf != NULL) && lf->field()->is_constant() && lf->field()->is_static();
+    assert(!is_static_constant, "Constant field loads are folded during parsing");
+#endif // ASSERT
   }
 }