--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/stubGenerator_sparc.cpp	Fri Aug 27 15:05:28 2010 -0400
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/stubGenerator_sparc.cpp	Thu Sep 02 11:40:02 2010 -0700
@@ -1683,20 +1683,20 @@ class StubGenerator: public StubCodeGene
     }
 #endif
 
+    if (t == T_INT) {
+      // Zero extend value
+      __ srl(value, 0, value);
+    }
+    if (t == T_BYTE || t == T_SHORT || t == T_INT) {
+      __ sllx(value, 32, O3);
+      __ or3(value, O3, value);
+    }
+
     Label L_check_fill_8_bytes;
     // Fill 32-byte chunks
     __ subcc(count, 8 << shift, count);
     __ brx(Assembler::less, false, Assembler::pt, L_check_fill_8_bytes);
     __ delayed()->nop();
-
-    if (t == T_INT) {
-      // Zero extend value
-      __ srl(value, 0, value);
-    }
-    if (t == T_BYTE || t == T_SHORT || t == T_INT) {
-      __ sllx(value, 32, O3);
-      __ or3(value, O3, value);
-    }
 
     Label L_fill_32_bytes_loop;
     __ align(16);