src/hotspot/share/opto/graphKit.cpp

@@ -3247,13 +3247,11 @@
 
     // Generate the subtype check
     Node* not_subtype_ctrl = gen_subtype_check( obj_klass, superklass );
 
     if (is_value) {
-      ValueTypeNode* vt = not_null_obj->as_ValueType();
-      vt = vt->allocate(this, true)->as_ValueType();
-      not_null_obj = ValueTypePtrNode::make_from_value_type(_gvn, vt);
+      not_null_obj = ValueTypePtrNode::make_from_value_type(this, not_null_obj->as_ValueType(), true);
     }
 
     // Plug in success path into the merge
     cast_obj = _gvn.transform(new CheckCastPPNode(control(), not_null_obj, toop));
     // Failure path ends in uncommon trap (or may be dead - failure impossible)