*** old/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp	Thu Feb  6 15:26:41 2014
--- new/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp	Thu Feb  6 15:26:41 2014

*** 1,7 ****
--- 1,7 ----
  /*
!  * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
!  * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, 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
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   * published by the Free Software Foundation.

*** 552,561 ****
--- 552,562 ----
    Klass* host_klass() const              {
      Klass** hk = (Klass**)adr_host_klass();
      if (hk == NULL) {
        return NULL;
      } else {
+       assert(*hk != NULL, "host klass should always be set if the address is not null"); 
        return *hk;
      }
    }
    void set_host_klass(Klass* host)            {
      assert(is_anonymous(), "not anonymous");