diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/code/codeBlob.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/code/codeBlob.cpp
index 9dd0ca1c5a954..cf21f1f89a444 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/code/codeBlob.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/code/codeBlob.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ CodeBlob::CodeBlob(const char* name, CodeBlobKind kind, CodeBuffer* cb, int size
     }
   } else {
     // We need unique and valid not null address
-    assert(_mutable_data = blob_end(), "sanity");
+    assert(_mutable_data == blob_end(), "sanity");
   }
 
   set_oop_maps(oop_maps);
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ CodeBlob::CodeBlob(const char* name, CodeBlobKind kind, int size, uint16_t heade
   _code_offset(_content_offset),
   _data_offset(size),
   _frame_size(0),
+  _mutable_data_size(0),
   S390_ONLY(_ctable_offset(0) COMMA)
   _header_size(header_size),
   _frame_complete_offset(CodeOffsets::frame_never_safe),
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ CodeBlob::CodeBlob(const char* name, CodeBlobKind kind, int size, uint16_t heade
 {
   assert(is_aligned(size,            oopSize), "unaligned size");
   assert(is_aligned(header_size,     oopSize), "unaligned size");
-  assert(_mutable_data = blob_end(), "sanity");
+  assert(_mutable_data == blob_end(), "sanity");
 }
 
 void CodeBlob::restore_mutable_data(address reloc_data) {
@@ -195,8 +196,11 @@ void CodeBlob::restore_mutable_data(address reloc_data) {
     if (_mutable_data == nullptr) {
       vm_exit_out_of_memory(_mutable_data_size, OOM_MALLOC_ERROR, "codebuffer: no space for mutable data");
     }
+  } else {
+    _mutable_data = blob_end(); // default value
   }
   if (_relocation_size > 0) {
+    assert(_mutable_data_size > 0, "relocation is part of mutable data section");
     memcpy((address)relocation_begin(), reloc_data, relocation_size());
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/code/codeBlob.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/code/codeBlob.hpp
index f1920a829fc85..118594c9ea197 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/code/codeBlob.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/code/codeBlob.hpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class CodeBlob {
   // Sizes
   int size() const               { return _size; }
   int header_size() const        { return _header_size; }
-  int relocation_size() const    { return pointer_delta_as_int((address) relocation_end(), (address) relocation_begin()); }
+  int relocation_size() const    { return _relocation_size; }
   int content_size() const       { return pointer_delta_as_int(content_end(), content_begin()); }
   int code_size() const          { return pointer_delta_as_int(code_end(), code_begin()); }