--- old/src/hotspot/share/opto/callGenerator.cpp	2018-10-01 13:38:06.193777860 +0200
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/opto/callGenerator.cpp	2018-10-01 13:38:05.717783355 +0200
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
   // correctly, but may bail out in final_graph_reshaping, because
   // the call instruction will have a seemingly deficient out-count.
   // (The bailout says something misleading about an "infinite loop".)
-  if (kit.gvn().type(receiver)->higher_equal(TypePtr::NULL_PTR)) {
+  if (!receiver->is_ValueType() && kit.gvn().type(receiver)->higher_equal(TypePtr::NULL_PTR)) {
     assert(Bytecodes::is_invoke(kit.java_bc()), "%d: %s", kit.java_bc(), Bytecodes::name(kit.java_bc()));
     ciMethod* declared_method = kit.method()->get_method_at_bci(kit.bci());
     int arg_size = declared_method->signature()->arg_size_for_bc(kit.java_bc());