diff -r b8deb3205b51 -r 36376b540a98 src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Mon Mar 25 09:36:15 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Tue Mar 26 09:06:16 2013 -0400
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@
     if (TraceClassInitialization) {
       tty->print_cr("Start class verification for: %s", klassName);
     }
-    if (UseSplitVerifier &&
-        klass->major_version() >= STACKMAP_ATTRIBUTE_MAJOR_VERSION) {
+    if (klass->major_version() >= STACKMAP_ATTRIBUTE_MAJOR_VERSION) {
       ClassVerifier split_verifier(klass, THREAD);
       split_verifier.verify_class(THREAD);
       exception_name = split_verifier.result();