src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp

             return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION;
           } else
 #endif
           {
             // Null pointer exception.
-            if (!MacroAssembler::needs_explicit_null_check((intptr_t)addr)) {
+            if (MacroAssembler::uses_implicit_null_check((void*)addr)) {
               address stub = SharedRuntime::continuation_for_implicit_exception(thread, pc, SharedRuntime::IMPLICIT_NULL);
               if (stub != NULL) return Handle_Exception(exceptionInfo, stub);
             }
             report_error(t, exception_code, pc, exceptionInfo->ExceptionRecord,
                          exceptionInfo->ContextRecord);