diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/loopTransform.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/loopTransform.cpp
index 4d49bdb0f41a4..bd01c754a54cd 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/loopTransform.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/loopTransform.cpp
@@ -1988,9 +1988,9 @@ void PhaseIdealLoop::create_assertion_predicates_at_loop(CountedLoopNode* source
   PredicateIterator predicate_iterator(source_loop_entry);
   predicate_iterator.for_each(assertion_predicates_for_loop);
   if (assertion_predicates_for_loop.has_created_predicates()) {
-    IfTrueNode* last_created_node = assertion_predicates_for_loop.last_created_success_proj();
-    _igvn.replace_input_of(target_outer_loop_head, LoopNode::EntryControl, last_created_node);
-    set_idom(target_outer_loop_head, last_created_node, dom_depth(target_outer_loop_head));
+    IfTrueNode* last_created_predicate_success_proj = assertion_predicates_for_loop.last_created_success_proj();
+    _igvn.replace_input_of(target_outer_loop_head, LoopNode::EntryControl, last_created_predicate_success_proj);
+    set_idom(target_outer_loop_head, last_created_predicate_success_proj, dom_depth(target_outer_loop_head));
   }
 }
 //------------------------------do_unroll--------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/predicates.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/predicates.cpp
index 084a5c91ff08a..768a8b5ea86a1 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/predicates.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/predicates.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ bool RuntimePredicate::is_predicate(Node* node, Deoptimization::DeoptReason deop
 }
 
 // Rewire any non-CFG nodes dependent on this Template Assertion Predicate (i.e. with a control input to this
-// Template Assertion Predicate) to the 'target_predicate' based on the `data_in_loop_body` check.
+// Template Assertion Predicate) to the 'target_predicate' based on the 'data_in_loop_body' check.
 void TemplateAssertionPredicate::rewire_loop_data_dependencies(IfTrueNode* target_predicate,
                                                                const NodeInLoopBody& data_in_loop_body,
                                                                PhaseIdealLoop* phase) const {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/predicates.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/predicates.hpp
index 93125f9c1bf25..e1263f33ace47 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/predicates.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/predicates.hpp
@@ -941,8 +941,8 @@ class NodeInOriginalLoopBody : public NodeInLoopBody {
   }
 };
 
-// Visitor to create Initialized Assertion Predicates at a target from Template Assertion Predicates from a source loop.
-// This visitor can be used in combination with a PredicateIterator.
+// Visitor to create Initialized Assertion Predicates at a target loop from Template Assertion Predicates from a source
+// loop. This visitor can be used in combination with a PredicateIterator.
 class AssertionPredicatesForLoop : public PredicateVisitor {
   Node* const _init;
   Node* const _stride;