--- old/src/share/vm/oops/oop.inline.hpp	2017-08-08 17:50:12.224578204 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/oops/oop.inline.hpp	2017-08-08 17:50:10.904503176 -0400
@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@
          "forwarding to something not aligned");
   assert(Universe::heap()->is_in_reserved(p),
          "forwarding to something not in heap");
+  assert(!is_archive_object(oop(this)) &&
+         !is_archive_object(p),
+         "forwarding archive object");
   markOop m = markOopDesc::encode_pointer_as_mark(p);
   assert(m->decode_pointer() == p, "encoding must be reversable");
   set_mark(m);