diff -r bcd72ab4d91f -r d14a18794c90 src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Thu Jan 16 13:25:25 2014 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Sat Aug 02 16:28:59 2014 -0400
@@ -634,8 +634,6 @@
                                 // flow from current instruction to the next
                                 // instruction in sequence
 
-  set_furthest_jump(0);
-
   Bytecodes::Code opcode;
   while (!bcs.is_last_bytecode()) {
     // Check for recursive re-verification before each bytecode.
@@ -1794,7 +1792,7 @@
       // If matched, current_frame will be updated by this method.
       bool matches = stackmap_table->match_stackmap(
         current_frame, this_offset, stackmap_index,
-        !no_control_flow, true, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY_(this, 0));
+        !no_control_flow, true, false, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY_(this, 0));
       if (!matches) {
         // report type error
         verify_error(ctx, "Instruction type does not match stack map");
@@ -1841,7 +1839,7 @@
       }
       ErrorContext ctx;
       bool matches = stackmap_table->match_stackmap(
-        new_frame, handler_pc, true, false, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+        new_frame, handler_pc, true, false, true, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
       if (!matches) {
         verify_error(ctx, "Stack map does not match the one at "
             "exception handler %d", handler_pc);
@@ -2252,13 +2250,6 @@
       return;
     }
 
-    // Make sure that this call is not jumped over.
-    if (bci < furthest_jump()) {
-      verify_error(ErrorContext::bad_code(bci),
-                   "Bad <init> method call from inside of a branch");
-      return;
-    }
-
     // Make sure that this call is not done from within a TRY block because
     // that can result in returning an incomplete object.  Simply checking
     // (bci >= start_pc) also ensures that this call is not done after a TRY