1.1 --- a/src/share/vm/runtime/simpleThresholdPolicy.cpp Thu May 02 16:41:09 2013 -0700 1.2 +++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/simpleThresholdPolicy.cpp Thu May 02 18:50:05 2013 -0700 1.3 @@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ 1.4 // Set carry flags on the counters if necessary 1.5 void SimpleThresholdPolicy::handle_counter_overflow(Method* method) { 1.6 MethodCounters *mcs = method->method_counters(); 1.7 - assert(mcs != NULL, ""); 1.8 - set_carry_if_necessary(mcs->invocation_counter()); 1.9 - set_carry_if_necessary(mcs->backedge_counter()); 1.10 + if (mcs != NULL) { 1.11 + set_carry_if_necessary(mcs->invocation_counter()); 1.12 + set_carry_if_necessary(mcs->backedge_counter()); 1.13 + } 1.14 MethodData* mdo = method->method_data(); 1.15 if (mdo != NULL) { 1.16 set_carry_if_necessary(mdo->invocation_counter());