--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/frame_sparc.cpp	Tue Aug 02 17:12:16 2016 -0700
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/frame_sparc.cpp	Wed Aug 03 15:52:38 2016 +0000
@@ -357,12 +357,6 @@
     _cb = CodeCache::find_blob(_pc);
   }
   _deopt_state = unknown;
-#ifdef ASSERT
-  if ( _cb != NULL && _cb->is_compiled()) {
-    // Without a valid unextended_sp() we can't convert the pc to "original"
-    assert(!((CompiledMethod*)_cb)->is_deopt_pc(_pc), "invariant broken");
-  }
-#endif // ASSERT
 }
 
 frame::frame(intptr_t* sp, unpatchable_t, address pc, CodeBlob* cb) {
@@ -534,6 +528,7 @@
 
 
 void frame::patch_pc(Thread* thread, address pc) {
+  vmassert(_deopt_state != unknown, "frame is unpatchable");
   if(thread == Thread::current()) {
    StubRoutines::Sparc::flush_callers_register_windows_func()();
   }

--- a/test/TEST.groups	Tue Aug 02 17:12:16 2016 -0700
+++ b/test/TEST.groups	Wed Aug 03 15:52:38 2016 +0000
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
   gc/survivorAlignment \
   runtime/InternalApi/ThreadCpuTimesDeadlock.java \
   runtime/NMT/JcmdSummaryDiff.java \
-  runtime/RedefineTests/RedefineAnnotations.java
+  runtime/RedefineTests/RedefineAnnotations.java \
   serviceability/sa/jmap-hashcode/Test8028623.java \
   serviceability/threads/TestFalseDeadLock.java \
   compiler/codecache/jmx \
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
   -compiler/c2/Test6905845.java \
   -compiler/c2/cr6340864 \
   -compiler/c2/cr6589834 \
-  -compiler/c2/cr8004867
+  -compiler/c2/cr8004867 \
   -compiler/c2/stemmer \
   -compiler/c2/Test6792161.java \
   -compiler/c2/Test6603011.java \

--- a/test/compiler/c2/Test6792161.java	Tue Aug 02 17:12:16 2016 -0700
+++ b/test/compiler/c2/Test6792161.java	Wed Aug 03 15:52:38 2016 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * @bug 6792161
  * @summary assert("No dead instructions after post-alloc")
  *
- * @run main/othervm/timeout=600 -Xcomp -XX:MaxInlineSize=120 compiler.c2.Test6792161
+ * @run main/othervm/timeout=600 -Xcomp -XX:-TieredCompilation -XX:MaxInlineSize=120 compiler.c2.Test6792161
  */
 
 package compiler.c2;