--- old/src/share/vm/opto/block.cpp	2016-04-13 12:47:35.144513895 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/opto/block.cpp	2016-04-13 12:47:34.369517151 +0200
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-uint Block::code_alignment() {
+uint Block::code_alignment() const {
   // Check for Root block
   if (_pre_order == 0) return CodeEntryAlignment;
   // Check for Start block
@@ -1726,8 +1726,22 @@
     first_block()->set_loop_alignment(targ_block);
 
   } else {
-    // Backbranch into the middle of a trace
-    targ_block->set_loop_alignment(targ_block);
+    // That loop may already have a loop top (we're reaching it again
+    // through the backedge of an outer loop)
+    bool has_top = false;
+    for (Block* b = prev(targ_block); b != NULL; b = prev(b)) {
+      if (b->head()->is_Loop()) {
+        break;
+      }
+      if (b->has_loop_alignment()) {
+        has_top = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!has_top) {
+      // Backbranch into the middle of a trace
+      targ_block->set_loop_alignment(targ_block);
+    }
   }
 
   return loop_rotated;
--- old/src/share/vm/opto/block.hpp	2016-04-13 12:47:36.193509488 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/opto/block.hpp	2016-04-13 12:47:35.415512756 +0200
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 
   // Report the alignment required by this block.  Must be a power of 2.
   // The previous block will insert nops to get this alignment.
-  uint code_alignment();
+  uint code_alignment() const;
   uint compute_loop_alignment();
 
   // BLOCK_FREQUENCY is a sentinel to mark uses of constant block frequencies.
--- old/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp	2016-04-13 12:47:37.176505357 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp	2016-04-13 12:47:36.435508470 +0200
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
           range(0, 100)                                                     \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, BlockLayoutRotateLoops, true,                               \
-          "Allow back branches to be fall throughs in the block layour")    \
+          "Allow back branches to be fall throughs in the block layout")    \
                                                                             \
   diagnostic(bool, InlineReflectionGetCallerClass, true,                    \
           "inline sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(), known to be "    \