--- old/src/share/vm/opto/parse2.cpp	2014-12-11 13:53:39.158069873 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/opto/parse2.cpp	2014-12-11 13:53:38.938089357 -0500
@@ -1689,7 +1689,8 @@
     a = pop();                  // the array itself
     const TypeOopPtr* elemtype  = _gvn.type(a)->is_aryptr()->elem()->make_oopptr();
     const TypeAryPtr* adr_type = TypeAryPtr::OOPS;
-    Node* store = store_oop_to_array(control(), a, d, adr_type, c, elemtype, T_OBJECT, MemNode::release);
+    Node* store = store_oop_to_array(control(), a, d, adr_type, c, elemtype, T_OBJECT,
+                                     StoreNode::release_if_reference(T_OBJECT));
     break;
   }
   case Bytecodes::_lastore: {