--- a/src/share/vm/asm/assembler.hpp	Mon Feb 24 10:45:15 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/asm/assembler.hpp	Tue Feb 25 11:02:11 2014 +0100
@@ -204,10 +204,11 @@
   CodeSection* _code_section;          // section within the code buffer
   OopRecorder* _oop_recorder;          // support for relocInfo::oop_type
 
+ public:
   // Code emission & accessing
   address addr_at(int pos) const { return code_section()->start() + pos; }
 
-
+ protected:
   // This routine is called with a label is used for an address.
   // Labels and displacements truck in offsets, but target must return a PC.
   address target(Label& L)             { return code_section()->target(L, pc()); }