diff --git a/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.cc b/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.cc
index 2b5ff9cd1aeaac..3e8e14493955b6 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.cc
@@ -3166,10 +3166,6 @@ FixedArrayBase* Heap::LeftTrimFixedArray(FixedArrayBase* object,
   DCHECK(!lo_space()->Contains(object));
   DCHECK(object->map() != fixed_cow_array_map());
 
-  // Ensure that the no handle-scope has more than one pointer to the same
-  // backing-store.
-  SLOW_DCHECK(CountHandlesForObject(object) <= 1);
-
   STATIC_ASSERT(FixedArrayBase::kMapOffset == 0);
   STATIC_ASSERT(FixedArrayBase::kLengthOffset == kPointerSize);
   STATIC_ASSERT(FixedArrayBase::kHeaderSize == 2 * kPointerSize);
@@ -5671,32 +5667,6 @@ void Heap::PrintHandles() {
 
 #endif
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_SLOW_DCHECKS
-
-class CountHandleVisitor : public ObjectVisitor {
- public:
-  explicit CountHandleVisitor(Object* object) : object_(object) {}
-
-  void VisitPointers(Object** start, Object** end) override {
-    for (Object** p = start; p < end; p++) {
-      if (object_ == reinterpret_cast<Object*>(*p)) count_++;
-    }
-  }
-
-  int count() { return count_; }
-
- private:
-  Object* object_;
-  int count_ = 0;
-};
-
-int Heap::CountHandlesForObject(Object* object) {
-  CountHandleVisitor v(object);
-  isolate_->handle_scope_implementer()->Iterate(&v);
-  return v.count();
-}
-#endif
-
 class CheckHandleCountVisitor : public ObjectVisitor {
  public:
   CheckHandleCountVisitor() : handle_count_(0) {}
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.h b/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.h
index bbe1f05e4f2659..2d2029912cd717 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.h
+++ b/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.h
@@ -1394,9 +1394,6 @@ class Heap {
   void ReportHeapStatistics(const char* title);
   void ReportCodeStatistics(const char* title);
 #endif
-#ifdef ENABLE_SLOW_DCHECKS
-  int CountHandlesForObject(Object* object);
-#endif
 
  private:
   class PretenuringScope;
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/heap/mark-compact.cc b/deps/v8/src/heap/mark-compact.cc
index 9abcd1a4b334a6..e3c56b04ee275d 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/heap/mark-compact.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/heap/mark-compact.cc
@@ -1374,8 +1374,34 @@ class RootMarkingVisitor : public ObjectVisitor {
   void MarkObjectByPointer(Object** p) {
     if (!(*p)->IsHeapObject()) return;
 
-    // Replace flat cons strings in place.
     HeapObject* object = HeapObject::cast(*p);
+
+    // We cannot avoid stale handles to left-trimmed objects, but can only make
+    // sure all handles still needed are updated. Filter out any stale pointers
+    // and clear the slot to allow post processing of handles (needed because
+    // the sweeper might actually free the underlying page).
+    if (object->IsFiller()) {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+      // We need to find a FixedArrayBase map after walking the fillers.
+      Heap* heap = collector_->heap();
+      HeapObject* current = object;
+      while (current->IsFiller()) {
+        Address next = reinterpret_cast<Address>(current);
+        if (current->map() == heap->one_pointer_filler_map()) {
+          next += kPointerSize;
+        } else if (current->map() == heap->two_pointer_filler_map()) {
+          next += 2 * kPointerSize;
+        } else {
+          next += current->Size();
+        }
+        current = reinterpret_cast<HeapObject*>(next);
+      }
+      DCHECK(current->IsFixedArrayBase());
+#endif  // DEBUG
+      *p = nullptr;
+      return;
+    }
+
     MarkBit mark_bit = Marking::MarkBitFrom(object);
     if (Marking::IsBlackOrGrey(mark_bit)) return;
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-620553.js b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-620553.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..461b9bb189e559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-620553.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2016 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Flags: --expose-gc
+
+var o0 = [];
+var o1 = [];
+var cnt = 0;
+o1.__defineGetter__(0, function() {
+  if (cnt++ > 2) return;
+  o0.shift();
+  gc();
+  o0.push(0);
+  o0.concat(o1);
+});
+o1[0];