--- old/src/share/vm/opto/escape.cpp	2013-10-08 12:06:06.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/vm/opto/escape.cpp	2013-10-08 12:06:06.000000000 -0700
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@
       }
     } else {  // Allocate instance
       if (cik->is_subclass_of(_compile->env()->Thread_klass()) ||
+          cik->is_subclass_of(_compile->env()->Reference_klass()) ||
          !cik->is_instance_klass() || // StressReflectiveCode
           cik->as_instance_klass()->has_finalizer()) {
         es = PointsToNode::GlobalEscape;