--- old/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp	2014-03-24 18:43:28.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp	2014-03-24 18:43:28.000000000 -0700
@@ -1112,7 +1112,6 @@
 }
 
 void Assembler::bsrl(Register dst, Register src) {
-  assert(!VM_Version::supports_lzcnt(), "encoding is treated as LZCNT");
   int encode = prefix_and_encode(dst->encoding(), src->encoding());
   emit_int8(0x0F);
   emit_int8((unsigned char)0xBD);
@@ -4977,7 +4976,6 @@
 }
 
 void Assembler::bsrq(Register dst, Register src) {
-  assert(!VM_Version::supports_lzcnt(), "encoding is treated as LZCNT");
   int encode = prefixq_and_encode(dst->encoding(), src->encoding());
   emit_int8(0x0F);
   emit_int8((unsigned char)0xBD);