diff -r 6f3fd5150b67 -r 70120f47d403 src/share/vm/opto/macro.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/macro.cpp	Wed May 08 15:08:01 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/macro.cpp	Thu May 09 17:28:04 2013 -0700
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@
         if (field_val->is_EncodeP()) {
           field_val = field_val->in(1);
         } else {
-          field_val = transform_later(new (C) DecodeNNode(field_val, field_val->bottom_type()->make_ptr()));
+          field_val = transform_later(new (C) DecodeNNode(field_val, field_val->get_ptr_type()));
         }
       }
       sfpt->add_req(field_val);