diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/ifnode.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/ifnode.cpp
index 189425db0f5..a5b0a7816f3 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/ifnode.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/ifnode.cpp
@@ -2220,7 +2220,8 @@ Node* IfProjNode::Ideal(PhaseGVN* phase, bool can_reshape) {
         if (u->is_Load()) {
           LoadNode* ld = u->as_Load()->with_rc_constant_folded();
           if (ld != nullptr) {
-            igvn->replace_node(u, phase->transform(ld));
+            igvn->register_new_node_with_optimizer(ld);
+            igvn->replace_node(u, ld);
             --i;
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/memnode.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/memnode.cpp
index 62e9b40e789..4a13084c6d9 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/memnode.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/memnode.cpp
@@ -1441,7 +1441,6 @@ Node* LoadNode::Identity(PhaseGVN* phase) {
       if (use != this &&
           use->Opcode() == Opcode() &&
           use->in(0) != nullptr &&
-          use->in(0) != in(0) &&
           use->in(Address) == in(Address) &&
           same_vector_load_inputs(use) &&
           phase->is_dominator(use->in(0), in(0))) {