diff -r 1f6d42899c3a -r 4ce7240d622c src/share/vm/opto/runtime.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/runtime.cpp	Tue Jan 05 11:16:09 2010 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/runtime.cpp	Wed Jan 06 14:22:39 2010 -0800
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@
   NOT_PRODUCT(Exceptions::debug_check_abort(exception));
 
   #ifdef ASSERT
-    if (!(exception->is_a(SystemDictionary::throwable_klass()))) {
+    if (!(exception->is_a(SystemDictionary::Throwable_klass()))) {
       // should throw an exception here
       ShouldNotReachHere();
     }
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@
 #endif
   assert (exception != NULL, "should have thrown a NULLPointerException");
 #ifdef ASSERT
-  if (!(exception->is_a(SystemDictionary::throwable_klass()))) {
+  if (!(exception->is_a(SystemDictionary::Throwable_klass()))) {
     // should throw an exception here
     ShouldNotReachHere();
   }