--- old/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.cpp	2015-04-15 12:03:08.117776706 -0700
+++ new/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.cpp	2015-04-15 12:03:07.926763348 -0700
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
     return true;
   } else if (is_null()) {
     return false;
-  } else if (name() == from.name()) {
+  } else if (name()->equals(from.name())) {
     return true;
   } else if (is_object()) {
     // We need check the class hierarchy to check assignability
-    if (name() == vmSymbols::java_lang_Object()) {
+    if (name()->equals(vmSymbols::java_lang_Object())) {
       // any object or array is assignable to java.lang.Object
       return true;
     }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     KlassHandle this_class(THREAD, obj);
 
     if (this_class->is_interface() && (!from_field_is_protected ||
-        from.name() != vmSymbols::java_lang_Object())) {
+        from.name()->not_equals(vmSymbols::java_lang_Object()))) {
       // If we are not trying to access a protected field or method in
       // java.lang.Object then we treat interfaces as java.lang.Object,
       // including java.lang.Cloneable and java.io.Serializable.