--- a/src/share/vm/opto/node.cpp	Tue Mar 11 15:34:06 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/node.cpp	Wed Mar 12 13:30:08 2014 +0100
@@ -1002,13 +1002,13 @@
   if (is_Type()) {
     TypeNode *n = this->as_Type();
     if (VerifyAliases) {
-      assert(new_type->higher_equal(n->type()), "new type must refine old type");
+      assert(new_type->higher_equal_speculative(n->type()), "new type must refine old type");
     }
     n->set_type(new_type);
   } else if (is_Load()) {
     LoadNode *n = this->as_Load();
     if (VerifyAliases) {
-      assert(new_type->higher_equal(n->type()), "new type must refine old type");
+      assert(new_type->higher_equal_speculative(n->type()), "new type must refine old type");
     }
     n->set_type(new_type);
   }
@@ -1530,7 +1530,6 @@
 
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
-int Node::_in_dump_cnt = 0;
 
 // -----------------------------Name-------------------------------------------
 extern const char *NodeClassNames[];
@@ -1602,7 +1601,7 @@
 void Node::dump(const char* suffix, outputStream *st) const {
   Compile* C = Compile::current();
   bool is_new = C->node_arena()->contains(this);
-  _in_dump_cnt++;
+  C->_in_dump_cnt++;
   st->print("%c%d\t%s\t=== ", is_new ? ' ' : 'o', _idx, Name());
 
   // Dump the required and precedence inputs
@@ -1617,7 +1616,7 @@
     dump_orig(debug_orig(), st);
 #endif
     st->cr();
-    _in_dump_cnt--;
+    C->_in_dump_cnt--;
     return;                     // don't process dead nodes
   }
 
@@ -1669,7 +1668,7 @@
     }
   }
   if (suffix) st->print(suffix);
-  _in_dump_cnt--;
+  C->_in_dump_cnt--;
 }
 
 //------------------------------dump_req--------------------------------------