diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.cpp
index 1b604eac5e90e..f0ccd9a751c85 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.hpp"
 #include "memory/virtualspace.hpp"
 #include "runtime/os.hpp"
+#include "utilities/align.hpp"
 
 // PSVirtualSpace
 
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ void PSVirtualSpace::release() {
 }
 
 bool PSVirtualSpace::expand_by(size_t bytes) {
-  assert(is_aligned(bytes), "arg not aligned");
+  assert(is_aligned(bytes, _alignment), "arg not aligned");
   DEBUG_ONLY(PSVirtualSpaceVerifier this_verifier(this));
 
   if (uncommitted_size() < bytes) {
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ bool PSVirtualSpace::expand_by(size_t bytes) {
 }
 
 bool PSVirtualSpace::shrink_by(size_t bytes) {
-  assert(is_aligned(bytes), "arg not aligned");
+  assert(is_aligned(bytes, _alignment), "arg not aligned");
   DEBUG_ONLY(PSVirtualSpaceVerifier this_verifier(this));
 
   if (committed_size() < bytes) {
@@ -103,26 +104,12 @@ bool PSVirtualSpace::shrink_by(size_t bytes) {
 }
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
-bool PSVirtualSpace::is_aligned(size_t value, size_t align) {
-  const size_t tmp_value = value + align - 1;
-  const size_t mask = ~(align - 1);
-  return (tmp_value & mask) == value;
-}
-
-bool PSVirtualSpace::is_aligned(size_t value) const {
-  return is_aligned(value, alignment());
-}
-
-bool PSVirtualSpace::is_aligned(char* value) const {
-  return is_aligned((size_t)value);
-}
-
 void PSVirtualSpace::verify() const {
-  assert(is_aligned(alignment(), os::vm_page_size()), "bad alignment");
-  assert(is_aligned(reserved_low_addr()), "bad reserved_low_addr");
-  assert(is_aligned(reserved_high_addr()), "bad reserved_high_addr");
-  assert(is_aligned(committed_low_addr()), "bad committed_low_addr");
-  assert(is_aligned(committed_high_addr()), "bad committed_high_addr");
+  assert(is_aligned(_alignment, os::vm_page_size()), "bad alignment");
+  assert(is_aligned(reserved_low_addr(), _alignment), "bad reserved_low_addr");
+  assert(is_aligned(reserved_high_addr(), _alignment), "bad reserved_high_addr");
+  assert(is_aligned(committed_low_addr(), _alignment), "bad committed_low_addr");
+  assert(is_aligned(committed_high_addr(), _alignment), "bad committed_high_addr");
 
   // Reserved region must be non-empty or both addrs must be 0.
   assert(reserved_low_addr() < reserved_high_addr() ||
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.hpp
index 48150293a9ee1..c1efadc0596cd 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 class PSVirtualSpace : public CHeapObj<mtGC> {
   friend class VMStructs;
- protected:
+
   // The space is committed/uncommitted in chunks of size _alignment.  The
   // ReservedSpace passed to initialize() must be aligned to this value.
   const size_t _alignment;
@@ -94,10 +94,7 @@ class PSVirtualSpace : public CHeapObj<mtGC> {
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
   // Debugging
-  static  bool is_aligned(size_t val, size_t align);
-          bool is_aligned(size_t val) const;
-          bool is_aligned(char* val) const;
-          void verify() const;
+  void verify() const;
 
   // Helper class to verify a space when entering/leaving a block.
   class PSVirtualSpaceVerifier: public StackObj {