diff --git a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/templateInterpreter_sparc.cpp b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/templateInterpreter_sparc.cpp
index 2de866adb0744fb1b5a33e1fef282680fb0b81ad..755ef44900bfd28c7032c7b21e699048dc26aeda 100644
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/templateInterpreter_sparc.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/templateInterpreter_sparc.cpp
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ void TemplateInterpreterGenerator::generate_stack_overflow_check(Register Rframe
 
   // the frame is greater than one page in size, so check against
   // the bottom of the stack
-  __ cmp_and_brx_short(SP, Rscratch, Assembler::greater, Assembler::pt, after_frame_check);
+  __ cmp_and_brx_short(SP, Rscratch, Assembler::greaterUnsigned, Assembler::pt, after_frame_check);
 
   // the stack will overflow, throw an exception
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp
index c4479bfcf692b9c0736e59fa9170821756ec233b..8a6d68d5993a76e82a3e36bd3e7f0b5cb1fe9070 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp
@@ -167,16 +167,18 @@ void ClassLoaderData::add_dependency(Handle dependency, TRAPS) {
     ok = (objArrayOop)ok->obj_at(1);
   }
 
+  // Must handle over GC points
+  assert (last != NULL, "dependencies should be initialized");
+  objArrayHandle last_handle(THREAD, last);
+
   // Create a new dependency node with fields for (class_loader or mirror, next)
   objArrayOop deps = oopFactory::new_objectArray(2, CHECK);
   deps->obj_at_put(0, dependency());
 
-  // Must handle over more GC points
+  // Must handle over GC points
   objArrayHandle new_dependency(THREAD, deps);
 
   // Add the dependency under lock
-  assert (last != NULL, "dependencies should be initialized");
-  objArrayHandle last_handle(THREAD, last);
   locked_add_dependency(last_handle, new_dependency);
 }