--- old/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapFrame.cpp	2015-04-16 13:30:44.374273983 -0700
+++ new/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapFrame.cpp	2015-04-16 13:30:44.223262559 -0700
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
   if (!m->is_static()) {
     init_local_num++;
     // add one extra argument for instance method
-    if (m->name() == vmSymbols::object_initializer_name() &&
-       thisKlass.name() != vmSymbols::java_lang_Object()) {
+    if (m->name()->equals(vmSymbols::object_initializer_name()) &&
+       thisKlass.name()->not_equals(vmSymbols::java_lang_Object())) {
       _locals[0] = VerificationType::uninitialized_this_type();
       _flags |= FLAG_THIS_UNINIT;
     } else {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
       Symbol* sig_copy =
         verifier()->create_temporary_symbol(sig, 0, sig->utf8_length(),
                                  CHECK_(VerificationType::bogus_type()));
-      assert(sig_copy == sig, "symbols don't match");
+      assert(sig_copy->equals(sig), "symbols don't match");
       return VerificationType::reference_type(sig_copy);
     }
     case T_INT:     return VerificationType::integer_type();