--- old/hotspot/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp	2011-02-10 14:44:58.000000000 +0000
+++ new/hotspot/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp	2011-02-10 14:44:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -768,7 +768,9 @@
 // Initialize the compilation queue
 void CompileBroker::init_compiler_threads(int c1_compiler_count, int c2_compiler_count) {
   EXCEPTION_MARK;
+#ifndef ZERO
   assert(c2_compiler_count > 0 || c1_compiler_count > 0, "No compilers?");
+#endif // !ZERO
   if (c2_compiler_count > 0) {
     _c2_method_queue  = new CompileQueue("C2MethodQueue",  MethodCompileQueue_lock);
   }