diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp
index aafbdfaeb04..77a8425ae46 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psParallelCompact.cpp
@@ -2402,7 +2402,6 @@ void PSParallelCompact::verify_complete(SpaceId space_id) {
 #endif  // #ifdef ASSERT
 
 inline void UpdateOnlyClosure::do_addr(HeapWord* addr) {
-  _start_array->update_for_block(addr, addr + cast_to_oop(addr)->size());
   compaction_manager()->update_contents(cast_to_oop(addr));
 }