--- old/src/share/vm/gc/parallel/psCompactionManager.cpp	2016-01-24 11:21:53.058780101 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/gc/parallel/psCompactionManager.cpp	2016-01-24 11:21:52.983781392 +0100
@@ -254,7 +254,13 @@
     log_develop_trace(gc, ref)("   Process discovered as normal " PTR_FORMAT, p2i(discovered_addr));
     cm->mark_and_push(discovered_addr);
   }
+  // Treat next as normal oop
   cm->mark_and_push(next_addr);
+  // Treat value as normal oop if Epehemeron
+  if (klass->reference_type() == REF_EPHEMERON) {
+    T* value_addr = (T*)java_lang_ref_Ephemeron::value_addr(obj);
+    cm->mark_and_push(value_addr);
+  }
   klass->InstanceKlass::oop_pc_follow_contents(obj, cm);
 }