--- a/src/share/vm/ci/bcEscapeAnalyzer.cpp	Tue Mar 03 19:42:09 2015 +0000
+++ b/src/share/vm/ci/bcEscapeAnalyzer.cpp	Mon Mar 02 13:40:40 2015 +0100
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   #define TRACE_BCEA(level, code)
 #endif
 
-// Maintain a map of which aguments a local variable or
+// Maintain a map of which arguments a local variable or
 // stack slot may contain.  In addition to tracking
 // arguments, it tracks two special values, "allocated"
 // which represents any object allocated in the current
@@ -318,14 +318,16 @@
     bool must_record_dependencies = false;
     for (i = arg_size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
       ArgumentMap arg = state.raw_pop();
-      if (!is_argument(arg))
+      // Check if callee arg is a caller arg or an allocated object
+      bool allocated = arg.contains_allocated();
+      if (!(is_argument(arg) || allocated))
         continue;
       for (int j = 0; j < _arg_size; j++) {
         if (arg.contains(j)) {
           _arg_modified[j] |= analyzer._arg_modified[i];
         }
       }
-      if (!is_arg_stack(arg)) {
+      if (!(is_arg_stack(arg) || allocated)) {
         // arguments have already been recognized as escaping
       } else if (analyzer.is_arg_stack(i) && !analyzer.is_arg_returned(i)) {
         set_method_escape(arg);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/compiler/escapeAnalysis/TestEscapeThroughInvoke.java	Mon Mar 02 13:40:40 2015 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8073956
+ * @summary Tests C2 EA with allocated object escaping through a call.
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:CompileCommand=dontinline,TestEscapeThroughInvoke::create TestEscapeThroughInvoke
+ */
+public class TestEscapeThroughInvoke {
+    private A a;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        TestEscapeThroughInvoke test = new TestEscapeThroughInvoke();
+        test.a = new A(42);
+        // Make sure run gets compiled by C2
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100_000; ++i) {
+            test.run();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void run() {
+        // Allocate something to trigger EA
+        new Object();
+        // Create a new escaping instance of A and
+        // verify that it is always equal to 'a.saved'.
+        A escapingA = create(42);
+        a.check(escapingA);
+    }
+
+    // Create and return a new instance of A that escaped through 'A::saveInto'.
+    // The 'dummy' parameters are needed to avoid EA skipping the methods.
+    private A create(Integer dummy) {
+        A result = new A(dummy);
+        result.saveInto(a, dummy); // result escapes into 'a' here
+        return result;
+    }
+}
+
+class A {
+    private A saved;
+
+    public A(Integer dummy) { }
+
+    public void saveInto(A other, Integer dummy) {
+        other.saved = this;
+    }
+
+    public void check(A other) {
+        if (this.saved != other) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("TEST FAILED: Objects not equal.");
+        }
+    }
+}