--- old/src/share/vm/opto/output.cpp	Mon Jun 23 14:01:19 2008
+++ new/src/share/vm/opto/output.cpp	Mon Jun 23 14:01:18 2008
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@
             // We've got a winner.  Replace this branch.
             MachNode *replacement = mach->short_branch_version(this);
             b->_nodes.map(j, replacement);
+            mach->subsume_by(replacement);
 
             // Update the jmp_end size to save time in our
             // next pass.