diff --git a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_arm/os_linux_arm.cpp b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_arm/os_linux_arm.cpp
index 930d9b2..aee36ca 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_arm/os_linux_arm.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_arm/os_linux_arm.cpp
@@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ extern "C" int JVM_handle_linux_signal(int sig, siginfo_t* info,
         if (nm != NULL && nm->has_unsafe_access()) {
           unsafe_access = true;
         }
-      } else if (sig == SIGSEGV && !MacroAssembler::needs_explicit_null_check((intptr_t)info->si_addr)) {
+      } else if (sig == SIGSEGV &&
+                 MacroAssembler::uses_implicit_null_check(info->si_addr)) {
           // Determination of interpreter/vtable stub/compiled code null exception
           CodeBlob* cb = CodeCache::find_blob_unsafe(pc);
           if (cb != NULL) {
@@ -692,4 +693,3 @@ int os::extra_bang_size_in_bytes() {
   // ARM does not require an additional stack bang.
   return 0;
 }
-