diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/javaFrameAnchor_aarch64.hpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/javaFrameAnchor_aarch64.hpp
index 8d125d3c027..a6e7d74f528 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/javaFrameAnchor_aarch64.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/javaFrameAnchor_aarch64.hpp
@@ -39,24 +39,22 @@
   //  3 - restoring an old state (javaCalls)
 
   void clear(void) {
+    // No hardware barriers are necessary. All members are volatile and the profiler
+    // is run from a signal handler and only observers the thread its running on.
+
     // clearing _last_Java_sp must be first
     _last_Java_sp = nullptr;
-    OrderAccess::release();
     _last_Java_fp = nullptr;
     _last_Java_pc = nullptr;
   }
 
   void copy(JavaFrameAnchor* src) {
-    // In order to make sure the transition state is valid for "this"
+    // No hardware barriers are necessary. All members are volatile and the profiler
+    // is run from a signal handler and only observers the thread its running on.
+
     // We must clear _last_Java_sp before copying the rest of the new data
-    //
-    // Hack Alert: Temporary bugfix for 4717480/4721647
-    // To act like previous version (pd_cache_state) don't null _last_Java_sp
-    // unless the value is changing
-    //
     if (_last_Java_sp != src->_last_Java_sp) {
       _last_Java_sp = nullptr;
-      OrderAccess::release();
     }
     _last_Java_fp = src->_last_Java_fp;
     _last_Java_pc = src->_last_Java_pc;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/macroAssembler_aarch64.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/macroAssembler_aarch64.cpp
index 8ec1af1bd7a..deee15a400c 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/macroAssembler_aarch64.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/macroAssembler_aarch64.cpp
@@ -636,12 +636,13 @@ void MacroAssembler::set_last_Java_frame(Register last_java_sp,
     last_java_sp = esp;
   }
 
-  str(last_java_sp, Address(rthread, JavaThread::last_Java_sp_offset()));
-
   // last_java_fp is optional
   if (last_java_fp->is_valid()) {
     str(last_java_fp, Address(rthread, JavaThread::last_Java_fp_offset()));
   }
+
+  // We must set sp last.
+  str(last_java_sp, Address(rthread, JavaThread::last_Java_sp_offset()));
 }
 
 void MacroAssembler::set_last_Java_frame(Register last_java_sp,