diff --git a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_MacroAssembler_sparc.cpp b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_MacroAssembler_sparc.cpp
index c3556e2147ed2f8fe6ece9fdd828d96f772676e5..35e70e99676c6661df17228bc52e5cee38832c5b 100644
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_MacroAssembler_sparc.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_MacroAssembler_sparc.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, 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
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void C1_MacroAssembler::verify_stack_oop(int stack_offset) {
 
 void C1_MacroAssembler::verify_not_null_oop(Register r) {
   Label not_null;
-  br_zero(Assembler::notEqual, false, Assembler::pt, r, not_null);
+  br_notnull(r, false, Assembler::pt, not_null);
   delayed()->nop();
   stop("non-null oop required");
   bind(not_null);
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp
index 0e96e8d427afeb6041cf56e14e34c9b2765f53aa..34b0fffdd214052eb0f1169de09b2328c8dafb3b 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.cpp
@@ -7941,12 +7941,12 @@ void MacroAssembler::verify_oop_addr(Address addr, const char* s) {
 #endif
   push(rax);                          // save rax,
   // addr may contain rsp so we will have to adjust it based on the push
-  // we just did
+  // we just did (and on 64 bit we do two pushes)
   // NOTE: 64bit seemed to have had a bug in that it did movq(addr, rax); which
   // stores rax into addr which is backwards of what was intended.
   if (addr.uses(rsp)) {
     lea(rax, addr);
-    pushptr(Address(rax, BytesPerWord));
+    pushptr(Address(rax, LP64_ONLY(2 *) BytesPerWord));
   } else {
     pushptr(addr);
   }
@@ -8396,6 +8396,17 @@ void MacroAssembler::load_heap_oop(Register dst, Address src) {
     movptr(dst, src);
 }
 
+// Doesn't do verfication, generates fixed size code
+void MacroAssembler::load_heap_oop_not_null(Register dst, Address src) {
+#ifdef _LP64
+  if (UseCompressedOops) {
+    movl(dst, src);
+    decode_heap_oop_not_null(dst);
+  } else
+#endif
+    movptr(dst, src);
+}
+
 void MacroAssembler::store_heap_oop(Address dst, Register src) {
 #ifdef _LP64
   if (UseCompressedOops) {
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.hpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.hpp
index 2457f18bd0dbe685a5e71c8dd93251883a011ec8..1407248b1b05c14bba1993ba85891af6b3034b3e 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.hpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/assembler_x86.hpp
@@ -1709,6 +1709,7 @@ class MacroAssembler: public Assembler {
   void store_klass(Register dst, Register src);
 
   void load_heap_oop(Register dst, Address src);
+  void load_heap_oop_not_null(Register dst, Address src);
   void store_heap_oop(Address dst, Register src);
 
   // Used for storing NULL. All other oop constants should be
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/c1_CodeStubs_x86.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/c1_CodeStubs_x86.cpp
index 3603831155a588b5e1fc2bc94877d56c82764d2e..120570c64b2998d6b8537985c8407925ca0e00d7 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/c1_CodeStubs_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/c1_CodeStubs_x86.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,9 @@ void PatchingStub::emit_code(LIR_Assembler* ce) {
     Register tmp2 = rbx;
     __ push(tmp);
     __ push(tmp2);
-    __ load_heap_oop(tmp2, Address(_obj, java_lang_Class::klass_offset_in_bytes()));
+    // Load without verification to keep code size small. We need it because
+    // begin_initialized_entry_offset has to fit in a byte. Also, we know it's not null.
+    __ load_heap_oop_not_null(tmp2, Address(_obj, java_lang_Class::klass_offset_in_bytes()));
     __ get_thread(tmp);
     __ cmpptr(tmp, Address(tmp2, instanceKlass::init_thread_offset_in_bytes() + sizeof(klassOopDesc)));
     __ pop(tmp2);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp
index 2dd5a97f1e8b3f9716bf2aac08197a0592826c5f..33278ef5065fab76dd19f4f2884171b2c6703214 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ void LIRGenerator::G1SATBCardTableModRef_post_barrier(LIR_OprDesc* addr, LIR_Opr
 
   if (addr->is_address()) {
     LIR_Address* address = addr->as_address_ptr();
-    LIR_Opr ptr = new_register(T_OBJECT);
+    LIR_Opr ptr = new_pointer_register();
     if (!address->index()->is_valid() && address->disp() == 0) {
       __ move(address->base(), ptr);
     } else {
@@ -1508,7 +1508,9 @@ void LIRGenerator::CardTableModRef_post_barrier(LIR_OprDesc* addr, LIR_OprDesc*
   LIR_Const* card_table_base = new LIR_Const(((CardTableModRefBS*)_bs)->byte_map_base);
   if (addr->is_address()) {
     LIR_Address* address = addr->as_address_ptr();
-    LIR_Opr ptr = new_register(T_OBJECT);
+    // ptr cannot be an object because we use this barrier for array card marks
+    // and addr can point in the middle of an array.
+    LIR_Opr ptr = new_pointer_register();
     if (!address->index()->is_valid() && address->disp() == 0) {
       __ move(address->base(), ptr);
     } else {