diff a/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/cms/parNewGeneration.cpp
@@ -1400,11 +1400,11 @@
     // space, cur, is not in the Java heap, but rather in the C-heap and should be freed.
     if (!is_in_reserved(cur)) {
       // This can become a scaling bottleneck when there is work queue overflow coincident
       // with promotion failure.
       oopDesc* f = cur;
-      FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(oopDesc, f);
+      FREE_C_HEAP_OBJ(f);
     } else if (par_scan_state->should_be_partially_scanned(obj_to_push, cur)) {
       assert(arrayOop(cur)->length() == 0, "entire array remaining to be scanned");
       obj_to_push = cur;
     }
     bool ok = work_q->push(obj_to_push);