--- old/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateTable_aarch64.cpp 2017-11-11 10:42:43.125972283 -0800 +++ new/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateTable_aarch64.cpp 2017-11-11 10:42:42.809958139 -0800 @@ -2195,13 +2195,6 @@ __ bind(skip_register_finalizer); } - // Explicitly reset last_sp, for handling special case in TemplateInterpreter::deopt_reexecute_entry -#ifdef ASSERT - if (state == vtos) { - __ str(zr, Address(rfp, frame::interpreter_frame_last_sp_offset * wordSize)); - } -#endif - // Issue a StoreStore barrier after all stores but before return // from any constructor for any class with a final field. We don't // know if this is a finalizer, so we always do so.