diff --git a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.hpp b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.hpp
index 253193868f2392c02c147ed65c16c6747d4ef70b..54989c335c17478712367b84f23b4f3a5230bb50 100644
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.hpp
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -823,15 +823,23 @@ class Assembler : public AbstractAssembler  {
   };
 
   // test if x is within signed immediate range for nbits
-  static bool is_simm(int x, int nbits) { return -( 1 << nbits-1 )  <= x   &&   x  <  ( 1 << nbits-1 ); }
+  static bool is_simm(intptr_t x, int nbits) { return -( intptr_t(1) << nbits-1 )  <= x   &&   x  <  ( intptr_t(1) << nbits-1 ); }
 
   // test if -4096 <= x <= 4095
-  static bool is_simm13(int x) { return is_simm(x, 13); }
+  static bool is_simm13(intptr_t x) { return is_simm(x, 13); }
+
+  static bool is_in_wdisp_range(address a, address b, int nbits) {
+    intptr_t d = intptr_t(b) - intptr_t(a);
+    return is_simm(d, nbits + 2);
+  }
 
   // test if label is in simm16 range in words (wdisp16).
   bool is_in_wdisp16_range(Label& L) {
-    intptr_t d = intptr_t(pc()) - intptr_t(target(L));
-    return is_simm(d, 18);
+    return is_in_wdisp_range(target(L), pc(), 16);
+  }
+  // test if the distance between two addresses fits in simm30 range in words
+  static bool is_in_wdisp30_range(address a, address b) {
+    return is_in_wdisp_range(a, b, 30);
   }
 
   enum ASIs { // page 72, v9
@@ -1843,6 +1851,8 @@ class MacroAssembler: public Assembler {
   inline void jmp( Register s1, Register s2 );
   inline void jmp( Register s1, int simm13a, RelocationHolder const& rspec = RelocationHolder() );
 
+  // Check if the call target is out of wdisp30 range (relative to the code cache)
+  static inline bool is_far_target(address d);
   inline void call( address d,  relocInfo::relocType rt = relocInfo::runtime_call_type );
   inline void call( Label& L,   relocInfo::relocType rt = relocInfo::runtime_call_type );
   inline void callr( Register s1, Register s2 );
diff --git a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.inline.hpp b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.inline.hpp
index 106aa14e5b09d4d1d9e9e9ad097f7584e900264a..9b292b0ad81f77002bac021418e88a14456d7c42 100644
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.inline.hpp
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.inline.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -588,10 +588,13 @@ inline void MacroAssembler::fbp( Condition c, bool a, CC cc, Predict p, Label& L
 inline void MacroAssembler::jmp( Register s1, Register s2 ) { jmpl( s1, s2, G0 ); }
 inline void MacroAssembler::jmp( Register s1, int simm13a, RelocationHolder const& rspec ) { jmpl( s1, simm13a, G0, rspec); }
 
+inline bool MacroAssembler::is_far_target(address d) {
+  return !is_in_wdisp30_range(d, CodeCache::low_bound()) || !is_in_wdisp30_range(d, CodeCache::high_bound());
+}
+
 // Call with a check to see if we need to deal with the added
 // expense of relocation and if we overflow the displacement
-// of the quick call instruction./
-// Check to see if we have to deal with relocations
+// of the quick call instruction.
 inline void MacroAssembler::call( address d, relocInfo::relocType rt ) {
 #ifdef _LP64
   intptr_t disp;
@@ -603,14 +606,12 @@ inline void MacroAssembler::call( address d, relocInfo::relocType rt ) {
 
   // Is this address within range of the call instruction?
   // If not, use the expensive instruction sequence
-  disp = (intptr_t)d - (intptr_t)pc();
-  if ( disp != (intptr_t)(int32_t)disp ) {
+  if (is_far_target(d)) {
     relocate(rt);
     AddressLiteral dest(d);
     jumpl_to(dest, O7, O7);
-  }
-  else {
-    Assembler::call( d, rt );
+  } else {
+    Assembler::call(d, rt);
   }
 #else
   Assembler::call( d, rt );
diff --git a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sparc.ad b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sparc.ad
index 25117f205b2f79a569c75efbd430176e68450043..422b83f1476e78c81e989c90ee6a9dea3d446685 100644
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sparc.ad
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sparc.ad
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 1998, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 1998, 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
@@ -575,7 +575,11 @@ int MachCallDynamicJavaNode::ret_addr_offset() {
 
 int MachCallRuntimeNode::ret_addr_offset() {
 #ifdef _LP64
-  return NativeFarCall::instruction_size;  // farcall; delay slot
+  if (MacroAssembler::is_far_target(entry_point())) {
+    return NativeFarCall::instruction_size;
+  } else {
+    return NativeCall::instruction_size;
+  }
 #else
   return NativeCall::instruction_size;  // call; delay slot
 #endif
@@ -941,7 +945,7 @@ void emit_form3_mem_reg(CodeBuffer &cbuf, const MachNode* n, int primary, int te
 #endif
 }
 
-void emit_call_reloc(CodeBuffer &cbuf, intptr_t entry_point, relocInfo::relocType rtype, bool preserve_g2 = false, bool force_far_call = false) {
+void emit_call_reloc(CodeBuffer &cbuf, intptr_t entry_point, relocInfo::relocType rtype, bool preserve_g2 = false) {
   // The method which records debug information at every safepoint
   // expects the call to be the first instruction in the snippet as
   // it creates a PcDesc structure which tracks the offset of a call
@@ -963,20 +967,7 @@ void emit_call_reloc(CodeBuffer &cbuf, intptr_t entry_point, relocInfo::relocTyp
   int startpos = __ offset();
 #endif /* ASSERT */
 
-#ifdef _LP64
-  // Calls to the runtime or native may not be reachable from compiled code,
-  // so we generate the far call sequence on 64 bit sparc.
-  // This code sequence is relocatable to any address, even on LP64.
-  if ( force_far_call ) {
-    __ relocate(rtype);
-    AddressLiteral dest(entry_point);
-    __ jumpl_to(dest, O7, O7);
-  }
-  else
-#endif
-  {
-     __ call((address)entry_point, rtype);
-  }
+  __ call((address)entry_point, rtype);
 
   if (preserve_g2)   __ delayed()->mov(G2, L7);
   else __ delayed()->nop();
@@ -2507,7 +2498,7 @@ encode %{
     // CALL directly to the runtime
     // The user of this is responsible for ensuring that R_L7 is empty (killed).
     emit_call_reloc(cbuf, $meth$$method, relocInfo::runtime_call_type,
-                    /*preserve_g2=*/true, /*force far call*/true);
+                    /*preserve_g2=*/true);
   %}
 
   enc_class preserve_SP %{