--- old/src/share/vm/opto/runtime.cpp	2017-01-09 14:53:32.450908631 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/opto/runtime.cpp	2017-01-09 14:53:32.306908638 +0100
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "oops/objArrayKlass.hpp"
 #include "oops/oop.inline.hpp"
 #include "oops/typeArrayOop.inline.hpp"
+#include "oops/valueArrayKlass.hpp"
 #include "opto/ad.hpp"
 #include "opto/addnode.hpp"
 #include "opto/callnode.hpp"
@@ -266,7 +267,12 @@
   // Scavenge and allocate an instance.
   oop result;
 
-  if (array_type->is_typeArray_klass()) {
+  if (array_type->is_valueArray_klass()) {
+    // TODO refactor all these checks, is_typeArray_klass should not be true for a value type array
+    // TODO use oopFactory::new_array
+    Klass* elem_type = ValueArrayKlass::cast(array_type)->element_klass();
+    result = oopFactory::new_valueArray(elem_type, len, THREAD);
+  } else if (array_type->is_typeArray_klass()) {
     // The oopFactory likes to work with the element type.
     // (We could bypass the oopFactory, since it doesn't add much value.)
     BasicType elem_type = TypeArrayKlass::cast(array_type)->element_type();