diff -r 00977607da34 -r 148e5441d916 src/share/vm/opto/parse2.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/parse2.cpp	Tue Sep 15 11:09:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/parse2.cpp	Tue Sep 15 21:53:47 2009 -0700
@@ -1325,7 +1325,8 @@
           }
         }
       }
-      push_constant(constant);
+      bool pushed = push_constant(constant, true);
+      guarantee(pushed, "must be possible to push this constant");
     }
 
     break;