--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/objectStartArray.cpp	Wed May 28 08:09:26 2014 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/objectStartArray.cpp	Thu May 29 13:14:25 2014 -0700
@@ -139,11 +139,6 @@
       return true;
     }
   }
-  // No object starts in this slice; verify this using
-  // more traditional methods:  Note that no object can
-  // start before the start_addr.
-  assert(end_addr == start_addr ||
-         object_start(end_addr - 1) <= start_addr,
-         "Oops an object does start in this slice?");
+
   return false;
 }