--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/meta/HotSpotRuntime.java	Tue Sep 24 12:14:45 2013 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/meta/HotSpotRuntime.java	Tue Sep 24 15:35:59 2013 +0200
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
                         value = checkcastNode;
                     }
                 } else {
-                    LoadHubNode arrayClass = graph.unique(new LoadHubNode(array, wordKind, boundsCheck.asNode()));
+                    FloatingReadNode arrayClass = createReadHub(graph, wordKind, array, boundsCheck);
                     LocationNode location = ConstantLocationNode.create(FINAL_LOCATION, wordKind, config.arrayClassElementOffset, graph);
                     /*
                      * Anchor the read of the element klass to the cfg, because it is only valid
@@ -990,13 +990,14 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private static GuardingNode createBoundsCheck(AccessIndexedNode n, LoweringTool tool) {
-        StructuredGraph graph = n.graph();
-        ArrayLengthNode arrayLength = graph.add(new ArrayLengthNode(n.array()));
-        GuardingNode guard = tool.createGuard(graph.unique(new IntegerBelowThanNode(n.index(), arrayLength)), BoundsCheckException, InvalidateReprofile);
-
-        graph.addBeforeFixed(n, arrayLength);
-        return guard;
+    private GuardingNode createBoundsCheck(AccessIndexedNode n, LoweringTool tool) {
+        StructuredGraph g = n.graph();
+        ValueNode array = n.array();
+        Stamp stamp = StampFactory.positiveInt();
+        ReadNode arrayLength = g.add(new ReadNode(array, ConstantLocationNode.create(FINAL_LOCATION, Kind.Int, config.arrayLengthOffset, g), stamp, BarrierType.NONE, false));
+        g.addBeforeFixed(n, arrayLength);
+        tool.createNullCheckGuard(arrayLength, array);
+        return tool.createGuard(g.unique(new IntegerBelowThanNode(n.index(), arrayLength)), BoundsCheckException, InvalidateReprofile);
     }
 
     public ResolvedJavaType lookupJavaType(Class<?> clazz) {