--- old/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	2017-08-17 11:32:43.079873466 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp	2017-08-17 11:32:42.848214996 -0400
@@ -1318,8 +1318,6 @@
   int vtable_index = Method::invalid_vtable_index;
   methodHandle selected_method;
 
-  assert(recv.is_null() || recv->is_oop(), "receiver is not an oop");
-
   // runtime method resolution
   if (check_null_and_abstract && recv.is_null()) { // check if receiver exists
     THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_NullPointerException());