diff -r 16f7b676725a -r 535618ab1c04 src/share/vm/opto/phaseX.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/phaseX.cpp	Mon Jan 25 08:46:19 2016 +0000
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/phaseX.cpp	Wed Jan 27 09:02:51 2016 +0100
@@ -1339,6 +1339,10 @@
       if (dead->is_expensive()) {
         C->remove_expensive_node(dead);
       }
+      CastIINode* cast = dead->isa_CastII();
+      if (cast != NULL && cast->has_range_check()) {
+        C->remove_range_check_cast(cast);
+      }
     }
   } // while (_stack.is_nonempty())
 }