Crash with "assert(RangeCheckElimination)" if RangeCheckElimination is disabled

JDK-8151573 adds a PhaseIdealLoop::has_range_checks function(src/share/vm/opto/loopTransform.cpp module) with following assert:
void PhaseIdealLoop::has_range_checks(IdealLoopTree *loop) {
  assert(RangeCheckElimination, "");
...

Running java(2016-04-18 hs nightly bundle) with -XX:-RangeCheckElimination hits this assert on my linux-x64 under Virtual-box:
java -XX:-RangeCheckElimination
# To suppress the following error report, specify this argument
# after -XX: or in .hotspotrc: SuppressErrorAt=/loopTransform.cpp:2303
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# Internal Error (/scratch/opt/jprt/T/P1/192409.cplummer/s/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/loopTransform.cpp:2303), pid=31884, tid=32187
# Error: assert(RangeCheckElimination) failed
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (9.0) (fastdebug build 9-internal+0-2016-04-18-192409.cplummer.hs-rt-8152761)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (fastdebug 9-internal+0-2016-04-18-192409.cplummer.hs-rt-8152761, mixed mode, tiered, compressed oops, g1 gc, linux-amd64)
# Core dump will be written. Default location: Core dumps may be processed with "/usr/share/apport/apport %p %s %c %P" (or dumping to /home/dmitry/work/nighly_bundles/nightly.2016-04-18/fastdebug/bin/core.31884)
#
...

hs_err_pid31884.log and replay_pid31884.log are attached.