diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/library_call.cpp b/src/share/vm/opto/library_call.cpp
index e7fffdc5e706df5de4e6836e53b0a37810b06f30..381fb3759921d7d47317ea571b93ba43bd74ad71 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/library_call.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/library_call.cpp
@@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ bool LibraryCallKit::inline_string_compareTo() {
 //------------------------------inline_array_equals----------------------------
 bool LibraryCallKit::inline_array_equals() {
 
+  if (!Matcher::has_match_rule(Op_AryEq)) return false;
+
   _sp += 2;
   Node *argument2 = pop();
   Node *argument1 = pop();
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index 0a4467cced352d7c55a91a9a1a35987c995b56ab..16e47dc12162e8cff2dd4ac9e4a71111977f99f1 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
   develop(bool, SpecialStringIndexOf, true,                                 \
           "special version of string indexOf")                              \
                                                                             \
-  product(bool, SpecialArraysEquals, true,                                  \
+  product(bool, SpecialArraysEquals, false,                                 \
           "special version of Arrays.equals(char[],char[])")                \
                                                                             \
   develop(bool, TraceCallFixup, false,                                      \