diff --git a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp
index 21cd08da9e9c1969af0ea18070bc8813d1c1ae58..e63246d064340cff8e1a6daa709121ebc8ce8577 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ void LIRGenerator::do_UnsafeGetObject(UnsafeGetObject* x) {
         __ cmp(lir_cond_equal, src_reg, LIR_OprFact::oopConst(NULL));
         __ branch(lir_cond_equal, T_OBJECT, Lcont->label());
       }
-      LIR_Opr src_klass = new_register(T_OBJECT);
+      LIR_Opr src_klass = new_register(T_METADATA);
       if (gen_type_check) {
         // We have determined that offset == referent_offset && src != null.
         // if (src->_klass->_reference_type == REF_NONE) -> continue
@@ -3299,7 +3299,7 @@ void LIRGenerator::profile_parameters_at_call(ProfileCall* x) {
 void LIRGenerator::do_ProfileCall(ProfileCall* x) {
   // Need recv in a temporary register so it interferes with the other temporaries
   LIR_Opr recv = LIR_OprFact::illegalOpr;
-  LIR_Opr mdo = new_register(T_OBJECT);
+  LIR_Opr mdo = new_register(T_METADATA);
   // tmp is used to hold the counters on SPARC
   LIR_Opr tmp = new_pointer_register();
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp
index 721f74321f0d133dd75b139abbe52986def1c3da..9b49d51c3f6d9772e678f3cdb1fb504f5d6c96f9 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ void print_statistics() {
     klassVtable::print_statistics();
     klassItable::print_statistics();
   }
-  if (VerifyOops) {
+  if (VerifyOops && Verbose) {
     tty->print_cr("+VerifyOops count: %d", StubRoutines::verify_oop_count());
   }