--- old/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciArray.cpp	2019-09-11 09:49:06.726502941 -0400
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciArray.cpp	2019-09-11 09:49:06.435927146 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 // This class represents an arrayOop in the HotSpot virtual
 // machine.
 static BasicType fixup_element_type(BasicType bt) {
-  if (bt == T_ARRAY)    return T_OBJECT;
+  if (is_reference_type(bt))  return T_OBJECT;
   if (bt == T_BOOLEAN)  return T_BYTE;
   return bt;
 }