--- old/src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp	2019-07-01 16:23:32.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp	2019-07-01 16:23:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@
   return rtf.type();
 }
 
-#ifdef ASSERT
 // ValueKlass the method is declared to return. This must not
 // safepoint as it is called with references live on the stack at
 // locations the GC is unaware of.
@@ -524,7 +523,6 @@
   assert(k != NULL && !thread->has_pending_exception(), "can't resolve klass");
   return ValueKlass::cast(k);
 }
-#endif
 
 bool Method::is_empty_method() const {
   return  code_size() == 1