diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/graphKit.cpp b/src/share/vm/opto/graphKit.cpp
index 028020f51de5e2e8a5c57b1ea173f4ad77446718..e2285916ce5631efde72b8bba11524a99af4831e 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/graphKit.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/graphKit.cpp
@@ -3564,7 +3564,8 @@ void GraphKit::g1_write_barrier_pre(bool do_load,
 
   Node* no_ctrl = NULL;
   Node* no_base = __ top();
-  Node* zero = __ ConI(0);
+  Node* zero  = __ ConI(0);
+  Node* zeroX = __ ConX(0);
 
   float likely  = PROB_LIKELY(0.999);
   float unlikely  = PROB_UNLIKELY(0.999);
@@ -3590,7 +3591,9 @@ void GraphKit::g1_write_barrier_pre(bool do_load,
 
   // if (!marking)
   __ if_then(marking, BoolTest::ne, zero); {
-    Node* index   = __ load(__ ctrl(), index_adr, TypeInt::INT, T_INT, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
+    BasicType index_bt = TypeX_X->basic_type();
+    assert(sizeof(size_t) == type2aelembytes(index_bt), "Loading G1 PtrQueue::_index with wrong size.");
+    Node* index   = __ load(__ ctrl(), index_adr, TypeX_X, index_bt, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
 
     if (do_load) {
       // load original value
@@ -3603,22 +3606,16 @@ void GraphKit::g1_write_barrier_pre(bool do_load,
       Node* buffer  = __ load(__ ctrl(), buffer_adr, TypeRawPtr::NOTNULL, T_ADDRESS, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
 
       // is the queue for this thread full?
-      __ if_then(index, BoolTest::ne, zero, likely); {
+      __ if_then(index, BoolTest::ne, zeroX, likely); {
 
         // decrement the index
-        Node* next_index = __ SubI(index,  __ ConI(sizeof(intptr_t)));
-        Node* next_indexX = next_index;
-#ifdef _LP64
-        // We could refine the type for what it's worth
-        // const TypeLong* lidxtype = TypeLong::make(CONST64(0), get_size_from_queue);
-        next_indexX = _gvn.transform( new (C) ConvI2LNode(next_index, TypeLong::make(0, max_jlong, Type::WidenMax)) );
-#endif
+        Node* next_index = _gvn.transform(new (C) SubXNode(index, __ ConX(sizeof(intptr_t))));
 
         // Now get the buffer location we will log the previous value into and store it
-        Node *log_addr = __ AddP(no_base, buffer, next_indexX);
+        Node *log_addr = __ AddP(no_base, buffer, next_index);
         __ store(__ ctrl(), log_addr, pre_val, T_OBJECT, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
         // update the index
-        __ store(__ ctrl(), index_adr, next_index, T_INT, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
+        __ store(__ ctrl(), index_adr, next_index, index_bt, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
 
       } __ else_(); {
 
@@ -3645,26 +3642,21 @@ void GraphKit::g1_mark_card(IdealKit& ideal,
                             Node* buffer,
                             const TypeFunc* tf) {
 
-  Node* zero = __ ConI(0);
+  Node* zero  = __ ConI(0);
+  Node* zeroX = __ ConX(0);
   Node* no_base = __ top();
   BasicType card_bt = T_BYTE;
   // Smash zero into card. MUST BE ORDERED WRT TO STORE
   __ storeCM(__ ctrl(), card_adr, zero, oop_store, oop_alias_idx, card_bt, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
 
   //  Now do the queue work
-  __ if_then(index, BoolTest::ne, zero); {
+  __ if_then(index, BoolTest::ne, zeroX); {
 
-    Node* next_index = __ SubI(index, __ ConI(sizeof(intptr_t)));
-    Node* next_indexX = next_index;
-#ifdef _LP64
-    // We could refine the type for what it's worth
-    // const TypeLong* lidxtype = TypeLong::make(CONST64(0), get_size_from_queue);
-    next_indexX = _gvn.transform( new (C) ConvI2LNode(next_index, TypeLong::make(0, max_jlong, Type::WidenMax)) );
-#endif // _LP64
-    Node* log_addr = __ AddP(no_base, buffer, next_indexX);
+    Node* next_index = _gvn.transform(new (C) SubXNode(index, __ ConX(sizeof(intptr_t))));
+    Node* log_addr = __ AddP(no_base, buffer, next_index);
 
     __ store(__ ctrl(), log_addr, card_adr, T_ADDRESS, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
-    __ store(__ ctrl(), index_adr, next_index, T_INT, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
+    __ store(__ ctrl(), index_adr, next_index, TypeX_X->basic_type(), Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
 
   } __ else_(); {
     __ make_leaf_call(tf, CAST_FROM_FN_PTR(address, SharedRuntime::g1_wb_post), "g1_wb_post", card_adr, __ thread());
@@ -3725,7 +3717,7 @@ void GraphKit::g1_write_barrier_post(Node* oop_store,
   // Now some values
   // Use ctrl to avoid hoisting these values past a safepoint, which could
   // potentially reset these fields in the JavaThread.
-  Node* index  = __ load(__ ctrl(), index_adr, TypeInt::INT, T_INT, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
+  Node* index  = __ load(__ ctrl(), index_adr, TypeX_X, TypeX_X->basic_type(), Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
   Node* buffer = __ load(__ ctrl(), buffer_adr, TypeRawPtr::NOTNULL, T_ADDRESS, Compile::AliasIdxRaw);
 
   // Convert the store obj pointer to an int prior to doing math on it