diff --git a/compiler/optimizing/prepare_for_register_allocation.cc b/compiler/optimizing/prepare_for_register_allocation.cc
index a4df9e5..7b66ef3 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizing/prepare_for_register_allocation.cc
+++ b/compiler/optimizing/prepare_for_register_allocation.cc
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
   } else if (can_merge_with_load_class && !load_class->NeedsAccessCheck()) {
     // Pass the initialization duty to the `HLoadClass` instruction,
     // and remove the instruction from the graph.
+    DCHECK(load_class->HasEnvironment());
     load_class->SetMustGenerateClinitCheck(true);
     check->GetBlock()->RemoveInstruction(check);
   }
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@
 
 void PrepareForRegisterAllocation::VisitNewInstance(HNewInstance* instruction) {
   HLoadClass* load_class = instruction->InputAt(0)->AsLoadClass();
-  bool has_only_one_use = load_class->HasOnlyOneNonEnvironmentUse();
+  const bool has_only_one_use = load_class->HasOnlyOneNonEnvironmentUse();
   // Change the entrypoint to kQuickAllocObject if either:
   // - the class is finalizable (only kQuickAllocObject handles finalizable classes),
   // - the class needs access checks (we do not know if it's finalizable),
@@ -144,19 +145,25 @@
   if (instruction->IsFinalizable() || has_only_one_use || load_class->NeedsAccessCheck()) {
     instruction->SetEntrypoint(kQuickAllocObject);
     instruction->ReplaceInput(GetGraph()->GetIntConstant(load_class->GetTypeIndex()), 0);
-    // The allocation entry point that deals with access checks does not work with inlined
-    // methods, so we need to check whether this allocation comes from an inlined method.
-    // We also need to make the same check as for moving clinit check, whether the HLoadClass
-    // has the clinit check responsibility or not (HLoadClass can throw anyway).
-    if (has_only_one_use &&
-        !instruction->GetEnvironment()->IsFromInlinedInvoke() &&
-        CanMoveClinitCheck(load_class, instruction)) {
-      // We can remove the load class from the graph. If it needed access checks, we delegate
-      // the access check to the allocation.
-      if (load_class->NeedsAccessCheck()) {
-        instruction->SetEntrypoint(kQuickAllocObjectWithAccessCheck);
+    if (has_only_one_use) {
+      // We've just removed the only use of the HLoadClass. Since we don't run DCE after this pass,
+      // do it manually if possible.
+      if (!load_class->CanThrow()) {
+        // If the load class can not throw, it has no side effects and can be removed if there is
+        // only one use.
+        load_class->GetBlock()->RemoveInstruction(load_class);
+      } else if (!instruction->GetEnvironment()->IsFromInlinedInvoke() &&
+          CanMoveClinitCheck(load_class, instruction)) {
+        // The allocation entry point that deals with access checks does not work with inlined
+        // methods, so we need to check whether this allocation comes from an inlined method.
+        // We also need to make the same check as for moving clinit check, whether the HLoadClass
+        // has the clinit check responsibility or not (HLoadClass can throw anyway).
+        // If it needed access checks, we delegate the access check to the allocation.
+        if (load_class->NeedsAccessCheck()) {
+          instruction->SetEntrypoint(kQuickAllocObjectWithAccessCheck);
+        }
+        load_class->GetBlock()->RemoveInstruction(load_class);
       }
-      load_class->GetBlock()->RemoveInstruction(load_class);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/optimizing/sharpening.cc b/compiler/optimizing/sharpening.cc
index df1b351..d938a70 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizing/sharpening.cc
+++ b/compiler/optimizing/sharpening.cc
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@
         ? compilation_unit_.GetDexCache()
         : hs.NewHandle(class_linker->FindDexCache(soa.Self(), dex_file));
     mirror::Class* klass = dex_cache->GetResolvedType(type_index);
-
     if (codegen_->GetCompilerOptions().IsBootImage()) {
       // Compiling boot image. Check if the class is a boot image class.
       DCHECK(!runtime->UseJitCompilation());
diff --git a/test/621-checker-new-instance/expected.txt b/test/621-checker-new-instance/expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/621-checker-new-instance/expected.txt
diff --git a/test/621-checker-new-instance/info.txt b/test/621-checker-new-instance/info.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c27c45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/621-checker-new-instance/info.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Tests for removing useless load class.
diff --git a/test/621-checker-new-instance/src/Main.java b/test/621-checker-new-instance/src/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68a4644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/621-checker-new-instance/src/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+public class Main {
+  /// CHECK-START: java.lang.Object Main.newObject() prepare_for_register_allocation (before)
+  /// CHECK: LoadClass
+  /// CHECK: NewInstance
+
+  /// CHECK-START: java.lang.Object Main.newObject() prepare_for_register_allocation (after)
+  /// CHECK-NOT: LoadClass
+  /// CHECK: NewInstance
+  public static Object newObject() {
+      return new Object();
+  }
+
+  /// CHECK-START: java.lang.Object Main.newFinalizableMayThrow() prepare_for_register_allocation (after)
+  /// CHECK: LoadClass
+  /// CHECK: NewInstance
+  public static Object newFinalizableMayThrow() {
+      return $inline$newFinalizableMayThrow();
+  }
+
+  public static Object $inline$newFinalizableMayThrow() {
+      return new FinalizableMayThrow();
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+      newFinalizableMayThrow();
+      newObject();
+  }
+}
+
+class FinalizableMayThrow {
+    // clinit may throw OOME.
+    static Object o = new Object();
+    static String s;
+    public void finalize() {
+        s = "Test";
+    }
+}