diff --git a/src/ppc/full-codegen-ppc.cc b/src/ppc/full-codegen-ppc.cc
index e5f460f3e6..fc65863deb 100644
--- a/src/ppc/full-codegen-ppc.cc
+++ b/src/ppc/full-codegen-ppc.cc
@@ -3915,6 +3915,28 @@ void FullCodeGenerator::EmitValueOf(CallRuntime* expr) {
 }
 
 
+void FullCodeGenerator::EmitThrowIfNotADate(CallRuntime* expr) {
+  ZoneList<Expression*>* args = expr->arguments();
+  DCHECK_EQ(1, args->length());
+
+  VisitForAccumulatorValue(args->at(0));  // Load the object.
+
+  Label done, not_date_object;
+  Register object = r3;
+  Register result = r3;
+  Register scratch0 = r4;
+
+  __ JumpIfSmi(object, &not_date_object);
+  __ CompareObjectType(object, scratch0, scratch0, JS_DATE_TYPE);
+  __ beq(&done);
+  __ bind(&not_date_object);
+  __ CallRuntime(Runtime::kThrowNotDateError, 0);
+
+  __ bind(&done);
+  context()->Plug(result);
+}
+
+
 void FullCodeGenerator::EmitDateField(CallRuntime* expr) {
   ZoneList<Expression*>* args = expr->arguments();
   DCHECK(args->length() == 2);
@@ -3923,20 +3945,15 @@ void FullCodeGenerator::EmitDateField(CallRuntime* expr) {
 
   VisitForAccumulatorValue(args->at(0));  // Load the object.
 
-  Label runtime, done, not_date_object;
   Register object = r3;
   Register result = r3;
   Register scratch0 = r11;
   Register scratch1 = r4;
 
-  __ JumpIfSmi(object, &not_date_object);
-  __ CompareObjectType(object, scratch1, scratch1, JS_DATE_TYPE);
-  __ bne(&not_date_object);
-
   if (index->value() == 0) {
     __ LoadP(result, FieldMemOperand(object, JSDate::kValueOffset));
-    __ b(&done);
   } else {
+    Label runtime, done;
     if (index->value() < JSDate::kFirstUncachedField) {
       ExternalReference stamp = ExternalReference::date_cache_stamp(isolate());
       __ mov(scratch1, Operand(stamp));
@@ -3954,13 +3971,10 @@ void FullCodeGenerator::EmitDateField(CallRuntime* expr) {
     __ PrepareCallCFunction(2, scratch1);
     __ LoadSmiLiteral(r4, index);
     __ CallCFunction(ExternalReference::get_date_field_function(isolate()), 2);
-    __ b(&done);
+    __ bind(&done);
   }
 
-  __ bind(&not_date_object);
-  __ CallRuntime(Runtime::kThrowNotDateError, 0);
-  __ bind(&done);
-  context()->Plug(r3);
+  context()->Plug(result);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/ppc/lithium-codegen-ppc.cc b/src/ppc/lithium-codegen-ppc.cc
index 716486ec4e..11ea4bd049 100644
--- a/src/ppc/lithium-codegen-ppc.cc
+++ b/src/ppc/lithium-codegen-ppc.cc
@@ -1923,20 +1923,15 @@ void LCodeGen::DoDateField(LDateField* instr) {
   Register result = ToRegister(instr->result());
   Register scratch = ToRegister(instr->temp());
   Smi* index = instr->index();
-  Label runtime, done;
   DCHECK(object.is(result));
   DCHECK(object.is(r3));
   DCHECK(!scratch.is(scratch0()));
   DCHECK(!scratch.is(object));
 
-  __ TestIfSmi(object, r0);
-  DeoptimizeIf(eq, instr, Deoptimizer::kSmi, cr0);
-  __ CompareObjectType(object, scratch, scratch, JS_DATE_TYPE);
-  DeoptimizeIf(ne, instr, Deoptimizer::kNotADateObject);
-
   if (index->value() == 0) {
     __ LoadP(result, FieldMemOperand(object, JSDate::kValueOffset));
   } else {
+    Label runtime, done;
     if (index->value() < JSDate::kFirstUncachedField) {
       ExternalReference stamp = ExternalReference::date_cache_stamp(isolate());
       __ mov(scratch, Operand(stamp));
diff --git a/src/ppc/lithium-ppc.cc b/src/ppc/lithium-ppc.cc
index ffe3d2c654..35b09f9973 100644
--- a/src/ppc/lithium-ppc.cc
+++ b/src/ppc/lithium-ppc.cc
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ LInstruction* LChunkBuilder::DoDateField(HDateField* instr) {
   LOperand* object = UseFixed(instr->value(), r3);
   LDateField* result =
       new (zone()) LDateField(object, FixedTemp(r4), instr->index());
-  return MarkAsCall(DefineFixed(result, r3), instr, CAN_DEOPTIMIZE_EAGERLY);
+  return MarkAsCall(DefineFixed(result, r3), instr, CANNOT_DEOPTIMIZE_EAGERLY);
 }