--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp	Fri Mar 23 12:55:39 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp	Thu Mar 15 21:24:10 2018 +0100
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 
   if (!compiled_code->is_a(HotSpotCompiledNmethod::klass())) {
     oop stubName = HotSpotCompiledCode::name(compiled_code_obj);
-    if (oopDesc::is_null(stubName)) {
+    if (stubName == NULL) {
       JVMCI_ERROR_OK("stub should have a name");
     }
     char* name = strdup(java_lang_String::as_utf8_string(stubName));