diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/sparc/macroAssembler_sparc.hpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/sparc/macroAssembler_sparc.hpp
index d795815..ce8c624 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/sparc/macroAssembler_sparc.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/sparc/macroAssembler_sparc.hpp
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ class MacroAssembler : public Assembler {
 
   void null_check(Register reg, int offset = -1);
   static bool needs_explicit_null_check(intptr_t offset);
+  static bool uses_implicit_null_check(void* address);
 
   // support for delayed instructions
   MacroAssembler* delayed() { Assembler::delayed();  return this; }