*** 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

*** 445,454 ****
--- 445,455 ----
            int offset = target-(blk_starts[i] + jmp_end[i]);
            if (_matcher->is_short_branch_offset(offset)) {
              // 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.
              jmp_end[i] -= (mach->size(_regalloc) - replacement->size(_regalloc));
              DEBUG_ONLY( jmp_target[i] = bnum; );