--- old/src/cpu/x86/vm/c1_CodeStubs_x86.cpp	2011-03-28 10:09:52.032652000 -0700
+++ new/src/cpu/x86/vm/c1_CodeStubs_x86.cpp	2011-03-28 10:09:51.821950000 -0700
@@ -464,15 +464,19 @@
 #ifndef SERIALGC
 
 void G1PreBarrierStub::emit_code(LIR_Assembler* ce) {
-
-  // At this point we know that marking is in progress
+  // At this point we know that marking is in progress.
+  // If do_load() is true then we have to emit the
+  // load of the previous value; otherwise it has already
+  // been loaded into _pre_val.
 
   __ bind(_entry);
   assert(pre_val()->is_register(), "Precondition.");
 
   Register pre_val_reg = pre_val()->as_register();
 
-  ce->mem2reg(addr(), pre_val(), T_OBJECT, patch_code(), info(), false /*wide*/, false /*unaligned*/);
+  if (do_load()) {
+    ce->mem2reg(addr(), pre_val(), T_OBJECT, patch_code(), info(), false /*wide*/, false /*unaligned*/);
+  }
 
   __ cmpptr(pre_val_reg, (int32_t) NULL_WORD);
   __ jcc(Assembler::equal, _continuation);