--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandle.java	2014-10-10 22:04:59.000000000 +0400
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandle.java	2014-10-10 22:04:59.000000000 +0400
@@ -1438,10 +1438,9 @@
     /*non-public*/
     void updateForm(LambdaForm newForm) {
         if (form == newForm)  return;
-        assert(this instanceof DirectMethodHandle && this.internalMemberName().isStatic());
         // ISSUE: Should we have a memory fence here?
+        newForm.prepare();  // as in MethodHandle.<init>
         UNSAFE.putObject(this, FORM_OFFSET, newForm);
-        this.form.prepare();  // as in MethodHandle.<init>
     }
 
     private static final long FORM_OFFSET;