diff --git a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp
index 63ca308..507207c 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/os_linux_ppc.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ JVM_handle_linux_signal(int sig,
       // SIGSEGV-based implicit null check in compiled code.
       else if (sig == SIGSEGV && ImplicitNullChecks &&
                CodeCache::contains((void*) pc) &&
-               !MacroAssembler::needs_explicit_null_check((intptr_t) info->si_addr)) {
+               MacroAssembler::uses_implicit_null_check(info->si_addr)) {
         if (TraceTraps) {
           tty->print_cr("trap: null_check at " INTPTR_FORMAT " (SIGSEGV)", p2i(pc));
         }