diff -Nru openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/changelog openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/changelog
--- openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/changelog	2014-11-13 10:10:36.000000000 +0000
+++ openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/changelog	2014-11-26 23:37:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+openjdk-7 (7u71-2.5.3-2+rpi1) jessie-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Tag assembler as armv6 to avoid setting off armv7 contamination checker.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:37:32 +0000
+
 openjdk-7 (7u71-2.5.3-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Regenerate the .orig.tar to omit a third hotspot tarball.
diff -Nru openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/patches/tag-asm-as-armv6.diff openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/patches/tag-asm-as-armv6.diff
--- openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/patches/tag-asm-as-armv6.diff	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/patches/tag-asm-as-armv6.diff	2014-11-26 23:37:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -ur openjdk/hotspot/src/cpu/zero/vm/cppInterpreter_arm.S openjdk.new/hotspot/src/cpu/zero/vm/cppInterpreter_arm.S
+--- openjdk/hotspot/src/cpu/zero/vm/cppInterpreter_arm.S	2014-07-15 21:55:15.000000000 +0000
++++ openjdk.new/hotspot/src/cpu/zero/vm/cppInterpreter_arm.S	2014-07-27 22:22:50.000000000 +0000
+@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@
+ 	.arch armv4
+ 
+ #else
+-	.arch armv7-a
++	.arch armv6
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifdef HW_FP
+@@ -5029,7 +5029,7 @@
+ 
+ 	SUB_DISPATCH_TABLES
+ 
+-	.arch	armv7-a
++	.arch	armv6
+ 
+ 	ALIGN_CODE
+ 	.global	Thumb2_stubs
diff -Nru openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/rules openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/rules
--- openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/rules	2014-11-13 09:48:37.000000000 +0000
+++ openjdk-7-7u71-2.5.3/debian/rules	2014-11-26 23:37:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@
 	debian/patches/nonreparenting-wm.diff \
 	debian/patches/accessible-toolkit.patch \
 	debian/patches/fix_extra_flags-$(hotspot_version).diff \
+	debian/patches/tag-asm-as-armv6.diff
 
 ifeq ($(with_bridge),atk)
     DISTRIBUTION_PATCHES += \