diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp
index 5b7749611ab255ea99aa9c0eacd00948d0899796..df652522ea73effc65815b00c691f3ebe1cc2095 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp
@@ -2315,7 +2315,7 @@ void ClassVerifier::verify_invoke_init(
         instanceKlassHandle mh(THREAD, m->method_holder());
         if (m->is_protected() && !mh->is_same_class_package(_klass())) {
           bool assignable = current_type().is_assignable_from(
-            objectref_type, this, true, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+            objectref_type, this, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
           if (!assignable) {
             verify_error(ErrorContext::bad_type(bci,
                 TypeOrigin::cp(new_class_index, objectref_type),