diff -r 634715d59d9e -r 209aa13ab8c0 src/cpu/sparc/vm/sparc.ad
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sparc.ad	Fri Oct 25 11:13:11 2013 -0400
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sparc.ad	Fri Oct 25 15:19:29 2013 -0400
@@ -1660,12 +1660,16 @@
   if (UseCompressedClassPointers) {
     assert(Universe::heap() != NULL, "java heap should be initialized");
     st->print_cr("\tLDUW   [R_O0 + oopDesc::klass_offset_in_bytes],R_G5\t! Inline cache check - compressed klass");
-    st->print_cr("\tSET    Universe::narrow_klass_base,R_G6_heap_base");
-    if (Universe::narrow_klass_shift() != 0) {
-      st->print_cr("\tSLL    R_G5,3,R_G5");
+    if (Universe::narrow_klass_base() != 0) {
+      st->print_cr("\tSET    Universe::narrow_klass_base,R_G6_heap_base");
+      if (Universe::narrow_klass_shift() != 0) {
+        st->print_cr("\tSLL    R_G5,Universe::narrow_klass_shift,R_G5");
+      }
+      st->print_cr("\tADD    R_G5,R_G6_heap_base,R_G5");
+      st->print_cr("\tSET    Universe::narrow_ptrs_base,R_G6_heap_base");
+    } else {
+      st->print_cr("\tSLL    R_G5,Universe::narrow_klass_shift,R_G5");
     }
-    st->print_cr("\tADD    R_G5,R_G6_heap_base,R_G5");
-    st->print_cr("\tSET    Universe::narrow_ptrs_base,R_G6_heap_base");
   } else {
     st->print_cr("\tLDX    [R_O0 + oopDesc::klass_offset_in_bytes],R_G5\t! Inline cache check");
   }