diff -r 0f03ff49c720 -r d2907f74462e src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp	Wed Jun 19 12:29:30 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp	Thu Jun 20 16:30:44 2013 -0700
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@
 // Initialize the compilation queue
 void CompileBroker::init_compiler_threads(int c1_compiler_count, int c2_compiler_count) {
   EXCEPTION_MARK;
-#if !defined(ZERO) && !defined(SHARK)
+#if !defined(ZERO) && !defined(SHARK) && !defined(PPC64)
   assert(c2_compiler_count > 0 || c1_compiler_count > 0, "No compilers?");
 #endif // !ZERO && !SHARK
   if (c2_compiler_count > 0) {