diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/loopTransform.cpp b/src/share/vm/opto/loopTransform.cpp
index a5d40ba25977d9bf64ffe0fc84bc3b298e994ad7..f720b79ce63856c837d26fdc2cebf08fa139f31b 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/loopTransform.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/loopTransform.cpp
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ void PhaseIdealLoop::do_unroll( IdealLoopTree *loop, Node_List &old_new, bool ad
         set_ctrl(new_limit, C->root());
       } else {
         // Limit is not constant.
-        {
+        if (loop_head->unrolled_count() == 1) { // only for first unroll
           // Separate limit by Opaque node in case it is an incremented
           // variable from previous loop to avoid using pre-incremented
           // value which could increase register pressure.