--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/frame_sparc.cpp	Wed Nov 28 08:43:26 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/frame_sparc.cpp	Wed Nov 28 17:50:21 2012 -0500
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
   Method* m = *interpreter_frame_method_addr();
 
   // validate the method we'd find in this potential sender
-  if (!Universe::heap()->is_valid_method(m)) return false;
+  if (!m->is_valid_method()) return false;
 
   // stack frames shouldn't be much larger than max_stack elements