--- old/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciObjArrayKlass.cpp	2019-03-11 14:25:25.906355712 +0100
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciObjArrayKlass.cpp	2019-03-11 14:25:25.706355715 +0100
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
                  dimension, T_OBJECT) {
     _base_element_klass = base_element_klass;
     assert(_base_element_klass->is_instance_klass() ||
-           _base_element_klass->is_type_array_klass(), "bad base klass");
+           _base_element_klass->is_type_array_klass() ||
+           _base_element_klass->is_value_array_klass(), "bad base klass");
     if (dimension == 1) {
       _element_klass = base_element_klass;
     } else {