--- old/src/share/vm/compiler/compilerDirectives.cpp	2016-03-11 14:44:40.770147686 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/compiler/compilerDirectives.cpp	2016-03-11 14:44:40.666147682 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -472,9 +472,12 @@
   _depth++;
 }
 
-void DirectivesStack::pop() {
+void DirectivesStack::pop(int count) {
   MutexLockerEx locker(DirectivesStack_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
-  pop_inner();
+  assert(count > -1, "No negative values");
+  for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    pop_inner();
+  }
 }
 
 void DirectivesStack::pop_inner() {