diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/ifnode.cpp b/src/share/vm/opto/ifnode.cpp
index a5f0f3458f6bc890555213c66bb7bd2097fa7cb5..3101455e2b2236cc6675f505ef9c9dd2c6782e67 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/ifnode.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/ifnode.cpp
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ static Node* split_if(IfNode *iff, PhaseIterGVN *igvn) {
 // offset.  Return 2 if we had to negate the test.  Index is NULL if the check
 // is versus a constant.
 int IfNode::is_range_check(Node* &range, Node* &index, jint &offset) {
+  if (outcnt() != 2) {
+    return 0;
+  }
   Node* b = in(1);
   if (b == NULL || !b->is_Bool())  return 0;
   BoolNode* bn = b->as_Bool();