diff -r f47fa50d9b9c -r 248ff38d2950 src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Mar 28 10:12:48 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Mar 28 10:13:37 2014 -0700
@@ -3798,8 +3798,8 @@
   experimental(bool, TrustFinalNonStaticFields, false,                      \
           "trust final non-static declarations for constant folding")       \
                                                                             \
-  experimental(bool, FoldStableValues, false,                               \
-          "Private flag to control optimizations for stable variables")     \
+  diagnostic(bool, FoldStableValues, true,                                  \
+          "Optimize loads from stable fields (marked w/ @Stable)")          \
                                                                             \
   develop(bool, TraceInvokeDynamic, false,                                  \
           "trace internal invoke dynamic operations")                       \