--- a/src/share/vm/graal/graalCodeInstaller.cpp	Mon Nov 26 10:51:39 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/graal/graalCodeInstaller.cpp	Mon Nov 26 10:57:02 2012 +0100
@@ -625,14 +625,13 @@
     TRACE_graal_3("relocating (stub)  at %p", inst);
   } else { // method != NULL
     assert(hotspot_method != NULL, "unexpected JavaMethod");
-    assert(debug_info != NULL, "debug info expected");
-
+#ifdef ASSERT
     Method* method = NULL;
     // we need to check, this might also be an unresolved method
     if (hotspot_method->is_a(HotSpotResolvedJavaMethod::klass())) {
       method = getMethodFromHotSpotMethod(hotspot_method);
     }
-
+#endif
     assert(debug_info != NULL, "debug info expected");
 
     TRACE_graal_3("method call");