src/hotspot/share/ci/ciObjectFactory.cpp

@@ -147,11 +147,12 @@
 
   _ci_metadata = new (_arena) GrowableArray<ciMetadata*>(_arena, 64, 0, NULL);
 
   for (int i = T_BOOLEAN; i <= T_CONFLICT; i++) {
     BasicType t = (BasicType)i;
-    if (type2name(t) != NULL && t != T_OBJECT && t != T_ARRAY && t != T_NARROWOOP && t != T_NARROWKLASS) {
+    if (type2name(t) != NULL && !is_reference_type(t) &&
+        t != T_NARROWOOP && t != T_NARROWKLASS) {
       ciType::_basic_types[t] = new (_arena) ciType(t);
       init_ident_of(ciType::_basic_types[t]);
     }
   }