--- a/src/share/vm/code/debugInfo.hpp	Thu Mar 20 22:30:26 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/code/debugInfo.hpp	Tue Mar 18 20:19:10 2014 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@
   }
   Method* read_method() {
     Method* o = (Method*)(code()->metadata_at(read_int()));
-    assert(o == NULL ||
-           o->is_metaspace_object(), "meta data only");
+    // is_metadata() is a faster check than is_metaspace_object()
+    assert(o == NULL || o->is_metadata(), "meta data only");
     return o;
   }
   ScopeValue* read_object_value();