*** old/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp	Fri Oct  4 14:50:16 2013
--- new/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp	Fri Oct  4 14:50:16 2013

*** 3051,3061 ****
--- 3051,3065 ----
    assert(level > CompLevel_simple, "Shouldn't be here");
  
    int offset = -1;
    LIR_Opr counter_holder;
    if (level == CompLevel_limited_profile) {
!     address counters_adr = method->ensure_method_counters();
!     MethodCounters* counters_adr = method->ensure_method_counters();
+     if (counters_adr == NULL) {
+       bailout("method counters allocation failed");
+       return;
+     }
      counter_holder = new_pointer_register();
      __ move(LIR_OprFact::intptrConst(counters_adr), counter_holder);
      offset = in_bytes(backedge ? MethodCounters::backedge_counter_offset() :
                                   MethodCounters::invocation_counter_offset());
    } else if (level == CompLevel_full_profile) {