--- old/src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp	2017-10-12 12:06:02.539768415 -0400
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp	2017-10-12 12:06:02.160463128 -0400
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 
 bool Method::init_method_counters(MethodCounters* counters) {
   // Try to install a pointer to MethodCounters, return true on success.
-  return Atomic::cmpxchg_if_null(counters, &_method_counters);
+  return Atomic::cmpxchg(counters, &_method_counters, (MethodCounters*)NULL) == NULL;
 }
 
 void Method::cleanup_inline_caches() {