--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/templateInterpreter_sparc.cpp	Thu Dec 13 18:07:25 2012 -0800
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/templateInterpreter_sparc.cpp	Thu Dec 13 17:27:55 2012 -0800
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ void TemplateInterpreterGenerator::gener
 
   // the frame is greater than one page in size, so check against
   // the bottom of the stack
-  __ cmp_and_brx_short(SP, Rscratch, Assembler::greater, Assembler::pt, after_frame_check);
+  __ cmp_and_brx_short(SP, Rscratch, Assembler::greaterUnsigned, Assembler::pt, after_frame_check);
 
   // the stack will overflow, throw an exception