diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 878797a96fa4..088f5d4ab19e 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-04-28  Dave Korn  <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com>
+
+	* java/lang/natVMClassLoader.cc
+	(java::lang::VMClassLoader::defineClass):  Fix assert.
+
 2009-04-26  Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>
 
 	* contrib/aot-compile.in: Print diagnostics for malformed or invalid
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natVMClassLoader.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natVMClassLoader.cc
index 3e5ff3ec70e6..4edff7dafda4 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natVMClassLoader.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natVMClassLoader.cc
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ java::lang::VMClassLoader::defineClass (java::lang::ClassLoader *loader,
 	}
 
       // if everything proceeded sucessfully, we're loaded.
-      JvAssert (klass->state == JV_STATE_LOADED);
+      JvAssert (klass->state == JV_STATE_READ);
     }
 #endif // INTERPRETER