diff -r 37f87013dfd8 -r 6aae2f9d0294 src/share/vm/opto/macro.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/macro.cpp	Thu Jun 05 15:57:56 2008 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/macro.cpp	Thu Jun 12 13:50:55 2008 -0700
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
         }
       } else if (use->is_SafePoint()) {
         SafePointNode* sfpt = use->as_SafePoint();
-        if (sfpt->has_non_debug_use(res)) {
+        if (sfpt->is_Call() && sfpt->as_Call()->has_non_debug_use(res)) {
           // Object is passed as argument.
           DEBUG_ONLY(disq_node = use;)
           NOT_PRODUCT(fail_eliminate = "Object is passed as argument";)
@@ -1288,12 +1288,6 @@
   }
   rawmem = make_store(control, rawmem, object, oopDesc::mark_offset_in_bytes(), mark_node, T_ADDRESS);
 
-  if (UseCompressedOops) {
-    Node *zeronode = makecon(TypeInt::ZERO);
-    // store uncompressed 0 into klass ptr to zero out gap.  The gap is
-    // used for primitive fields and has to be zeroed.
-    rawmem = make_store(control, rawmem, object, oopDesc::klass_gap_offset_in_bytes(), zeronode, T_INT);
-  }
   rawmem = make_store(control, rawmem, object, oopDesc::klass_offset_in_bytes(), klass_node, T_OBJECT);
   int header_size = alloc->minimum_header_size();  // conservatively small