diff -r 52ce01d7d434 -r 380e69eaf892 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Gen.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Gen.java	Tue Aug 26 11:15:28 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Gen.java	Wed Jul 16 10:47:56 2014 -0400
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
                              boolean testFirst) {
             Env<GenContext> loopEnv = env.dup(loop, new GenContext());
             int startpc = code.entryPoint();
-            if (testFirst) {
+            if (testFirst) { //while or for loop
                 CondItem c;
                 if (cond != null) {
                     code.statBegin(cond.pos);
@@ -1240,6 +1240,9 @@
                 code.resolve(c.falseJumps);
             }
             code.resolve(loopEnv.info.exit);
+            if (loopEnv.info.exit != null) {
+                loopEnv.info.exit.state.defined.excludeFrom(code.nextreg);
+            }
         }
 
         private enum LoopLocalVarRangeEndingPoint {