diff --git a/src/share/vm/ci/ciField.cpp b/src/share/vm/ci/ciField.cpp
index e0090c2bcc0be331f98447a7bc1bf59f6383bdf9..b9bc23be3615ea9f4762aeef06ec37b992d788c2 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/ci/ciField.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/ci/ciField.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ bool ciField::will_link(ciInstanceKlass* accessing_klass,
     if (_known_to_link_with_put == accessing_klass) {
       return true;
     }
+  } else {
     if (_known_to_link_with_get == accessing_klass) {
       return true;
     }