diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp
index 16edfada77d..1095defaf9f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ void CardTable::resize_covered_region(MemRegion new_region) {
 void CardTable::dirty_MemRegion(MemRegion mr) {
   assert(align_down(mr.start(), HeapWordSize) == mr.start(), "Unaligned start");
   assert(align_up  (mr.end(),   HeapWordSize) == mr.end(),   "Unaligned end"  );
+  assert(_covered[0].contains(mr) || _covered[1].contains(mr), "precondition");
   CardValue* cur  = byte_for(mr.start());
   CardValue* last = byte_after(mr.last());
   memset(cur, dirty_card, pointer_delta(last, cur, sizeof(CardValue)));
@@ -226,15 +227,6 @@ uintx CardTable::ct_max_alignment_constraint() {
   return GCCardSizeInBytes * os::vm_page_size();
 }
 
-void CardTable::invalidate(MemRegion mr) {
-  assert(align_down(mr.start(), HeapWordSize) == mr.start(), "Unaligned start");
-  assert(align_up  (mr.end(),   HeapWordSize) == mr.end(),   "Unaligned end"  );
-  for (int i = 0; i < max_covered_regions; i++) {
-    MemRegion mri = mr.intersection(_covered[i]);
-    if (!mri.is_empty()) dirty_MemRegion(mri);
-  }
-}
-
 #ifndef PRODUCT
 void CardTable::verify_region(MemRegion mr, CardValue val, bool val_equals) {
   CardValue* start    = byte_for(mr.start());
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.hpp
index 13285be4fc5..ee41be06be0 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.hpp
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ public:
     return byte_for(p) + 1;
   }
 
-  void invalidate(MemRegion mr);
-
   // Provide read-only access to the card table array.
   const CardValue* byte_for_const(const void* p) const {
     return byte_for(p);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTableBarrierSet.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTableBarrierSet.cpp
index c4f318561d6..1aab76d5ab5 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTableBarrierSet.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTableBarrierSet.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void CardTableBarrierSet::write_ref_array_work(MemRegion mr) {
 }
 
 void CardTableBarrierSet::invalidate(MemRegion mr) {
-  _card_table->invalidate(mr);
+  _card_table->dirty_MemRegion(mr);
 }
 
 void CardTableBarrierSet::print_on(outputStream* st) const {