Running the VM with -XX:-GenerateCompilerNullChecks fails with:

# Internal Error (/oracle/8150804/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/type.hpp:1528), pid=27389, tid=27407
# assert(_base == Int) failed: Not an Int

Stack: [0x00007f3bbeddb000,0x00007f3bbeedc000], sp=0x00007f3bbeed86b0, free space=1013k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V [libjvm.so+0x13397ef] VMError::report_and_die(int, char const*, char const*, __va_list_tag*, Thread*, unsigned char*, void*, void*, char const*, int, unsigned long)+0x18f
V [libjvm.so+0x133a53a] VMError::report_and_die(Thread*, char const*, int, char const*, char const*, __va_list_tag*)+0x4a
V [libjvm.so+0x91564a] report_vm_error(char const*, int, char const*, char const*, ...)+0xea
V [libjvm.so+0x10c575c] Parse::array_addressing(BasicType, int, Type const**)+0x2fc
V [libjvm.so+0x10c5f10] Parse::array_load(BasicType)+0x30
V [libjvm.so+0x10cd780] Parse::do_one_bytecode()+0x15c0
V [libjvm.so+0x10c1e52] Parse::do_one_block()+0x402
V [libjvm.so+0x10c2ad8] Parse::do_all_blocks()+0x118
V [libjvm.so+0x10c4a8f] Parse::Parse(JVMState*, ciMethod*, float)+0xccf
V [libjvm.so+0x733026] ParseGenerator::generate(JVMState*)+0x136
V [libjvm.so+0x8a0fe3] Compile::Compile(ciEnv*, C2Compiler*, ciMethod*, int, bool, bool, bool, DirectiveSet*)+0xfe3
V [libjvm.so+0x7319a3] C2Compiler::compile_method(ciEnv*, ciMethod*, int, DirectiveSet*)+0x113
V [libjvm.so+0x8abcc2] CompileBroker::invoke_compiler_on_method(CompileTask*)+0x402
V [libjvm.so+0x8ac8a0] CompileBroker::compiler_thread_loop()+0x280
V [libjvm.so+0x12bc6b9] JavaThread::thread_main_inner()+0x1c9
V [libjvm.so+0x12bc920] JavaThread::run()+0x1d0
V [libjvm.so+0x1071e5a] java_start(Thread*)+0xea
C [libpthread.so.0+0x8182] start_thread+0xc2