--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/nativeInst_sparc.cpp	Fri Nov 06 11:11:51 2015 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/nativeInst_sparc.cpp	Wed Nov 11 23:47:41 2015 +0000
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   masm.patchable_sethi(x, destreg);
   int len = buffer - masm.pc();
   for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-    assert(instaddr[i] == buffer[i], "instructions must match");
+    guarantee(instaddr[i] == buffer[i], "instructions must match");
   }
 }