--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp	Thu Oct 14 10:46:38 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp	Fri Oct 15 14:21:11 2010 -0700
@@ -1350,7 +1350,6 @@
     addr = ptr;
   }
   assert(addr->is_register(), "must be a register at this point");
-  assert(addr->type() == T_OBJECT, "addr should point to an object");
 
   LIR_Opr xor_res = new_pointer_register();
   LIR_Opr xor_shift_res = new_pointer_register();