--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/objArrayKlass.cpp	Mon Jan 10 18:46:29 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/objArrayKlass.cpp	Tue Jan 11 20:26:13 2011 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@
           objArrayKlassKlass::cast(Universe::objArrayKlassKlassObj())->
           allocate_objArray_klass(dimension + 1, this_oop, CHECK_NULL);
         ak = objArrayKlassHandle(THREAD, new_klass);
+        ak->set_lower_dimension(this_oop());
+        OrderAccess::storestore();
         this_oop->set_higher_dimension(ak());
-        ak->set_lower_dimension(this_oop());
         assert(ak->oop_is_objArray(), "incorrect initialization of objArrayKlass");
       }
     }