src/hotspot/share/classfile/javaClasses.cpp

@@ -3500,11 +3500,11 @@
 }
 
 // Support for java_lang_ref_Reference
 
 bool java_lang_ref_Reference::is_referent_field(oop obj, ptrdiff_t offset) {
-  assert(!oopDesc::is_null(obj), "sanity");
+  assert(obj != NULL, "sanity");
   if (offset != java_lang_ref_Reference::referent_offset) {
     return false;
   }
 
   Klass* k = obj->klass();