--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRAssembler_sparc.cpp	Thu Jun 30 08:11:30 2016 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRAssembler_sparc.cpp	Fri Jul 01 09:33:34 2016 +0200
@@ -2034,6 +2034,27 @@
     __ delayed()->nop();
   }
 
+  // If the compiler was not able to prove that exact type of the source or the destination
+  // of the arraycopy is an array type, check at runtime if the source or the destination is
+  // an instance type.
+  if (flags & LIR_OpArrayCopy::type_check) {
+    if (!(flags & LIR_OpArrayCopy::LIR_OpArrayCopy::dst_objarray)) {
+      __ load_klass(dst, tmp);
+      __ lduw(tmp, in_bytes(Klass::layout_helper_offset()), tmp2);
+      __ cmp(tmp2, Klass::_lh_neutral_value);
+      __ br(Assembler::greaterEqual, false, Assembler::pn, *stub->entry());
+      __ delayed()->nop();
+    }
+
+    if (!(flags & LIR_OpArrayCopy::LIR_OpArrayCopy::src_objarray)) {
+      __ load_klass(src, tmp);
+      __ lduw(tmp, in_bytes(Klass::layout_helper_offset()), tmp2);
+      __ cmp(tmp2, Klass::_lh_neutral_value);
+      __ br(Assembler::greaterEqual, false, Assembler::pn, *stub->entry());
+      __ delayed()->nop();
+    }
+  }
+
   if (flags & LIR_OpArrayCopy::src_pos_positive_check) {
     // test src_pos register
     __ cmp_zero_and_br(Assembler::less, src_pos, *stub->entry());

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/c1_LIRAssembler_x86.cpp	Thu Jun 30 08:11:30 2016 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/c1_LIRAssembler_x86.cpp	Fri Jul 01 09:33:34 2016 +0200
@@ -3146,6 +3146,23 @@
     __ jcc(Assembler::zero, *stub->entry());
   }
 
+  // If the compiler was not able to prove that exact type of the source or the destination
+  // of the arraycopy is an array type, check at runtime if the source or the destination is
+  // an instance type.
+  if (flags & LIR_OpArrayCopy::type_check) {
+    if (!(flags & LIR_OpArrayCopy::dst_objarray)) {
+      __ load_klass(tmp, dst);
+      __ cmpl(Address(tmp, in_bytes(Klass::layout_helper_offset())), Klass::_lh_neutral_value);
+      __ jcc(Assembler::greaterEqual, *stub->entry());
+    }
+
+    if (!(flags & LIR_OpArrayCopy::src_objarray)) {
+      __ load_klass(tmp, src);
+      __ cmpl(Address(tmp, in_bytes(Klass::layout_helper_offset())), Klass::_lh_neutral_value);
+      __ jcc(Assembler::greaterEqual, *stub->entry());
+    }
+  }
+
   // check if negative
   if (flags & LIR_OpArrayCopy::src_pos_positive_check) {
     __ testl(src_pos, src_pos);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/compiler/c1/TestArrayCopyToFromObject.java	Fri Jul 01 09:33:34 2016 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8160591
+ * @summary C1-generated code for System.arraycopy() does not throw an ArrayStoreException if 'dst' is no a "proper" array (i.e., it is java.lang.Object)
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1 -Xcomp -XX:-UseCompressedClassPointers -XX:CompileOnly=TestArrayCopyToFromObject.test TestArrayCopyToFromObject
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1 -Xcomp -XX:+UseCompressedClassPointers -XX:CompileOnly=TestArrayCopyToFromObject.test TestArrayCopyToFromObject
+ */
+public class TestArrayCopyToFromObject {
+
+    public void test(Object aArray[]) {
+        Object a = new Object();
+
+        try {
+            System.arraycopy(aArray, 0, a, 0, 1);
+            throw new RuntimeException ("FAILED: Expected ArrayStoreException " +
+                                        "(due to destination not being an array) " +
+                                        "was not thrown");
+        } catch (ArrayStoreException e) {
+            System.out.println("PASSED: Expected ArrayStoreException was thrown");
+        }
+
+        try {
+            System.arraycopy(a, 0, aArray, 0, 1);
+            throw new RuntimeException ("FAILED: Expected ArrayStoreException " +
+                                        "(due to source not being an array) " +
+                                        "was not thrown");
+        } catch (ArrayStoreException e) {
+            System.out.println("PASSED: Expected ArrayStoreException was thrown");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("TestArrayCopyToFromObject");
+        Object aArray[] = new Object[10];
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            aArray[i] = new Object();
+        }
+        new TestArrayCopyToFromObject().test(aArray);
+    }
+}