diff --git a/src/inc/clrconfigvalues.h b/src/inc/clrconfigvalues.h
index 78a7719600a2..a0183d2b51bd 100644
--- a/src/inc/clrconfigvalues.h
+++ b/src/inc/clrconfigvalues.h
@@ -606,11 +606,11 @@ RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_InterpreterDoLoopMethods, W("InterpreterDoLoop
 RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO_EX(INTERNAL_InterpreterUseCaching, W("InterpreterUseCaching"), 1, "If non-zero, use the caching mechanism.", CLRConfig::REGUTIL_default)
 RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO_EX(INTERNAL_InterpreterLooseRules, W("InterpreterLooseRules"), 1, "If non-zero, allow ECMA spec violations required by managed C++.", CLRConfig::REGUTIL_default)
 RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_InterpreterPrintPostMortem, W("InterpreterPrintPostMortem"), 0, "Prints summary information about the execution to the console")
-CONFIG_STRING_INFO_EX(INTERNAL_InterpreterLogFile, W("InterpreterLogFile"), "If non-null, append interpreter logging to this file, else use stdout", CLRConfig::REGUTIL_default)
-CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_DumpInterpreterStubs, W("DumpInterpreterStubs"), 0, "Prints all interpreter stubs that are created to the console")
-CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_TraceInterpreterEntries, W("TraceInterpreterEntries"), 0, "Logs entries to interpreted methods to the console")
-CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_TraceInterpreterIL, W("TraceInterpreterIL"), 0, "Logs individual instructions of interpreted methods to the console")
-CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_TraceInterpreterOstack, W("TraceInterpreterOstack"), 0, "Logs operand stack after each IL instruction of interpreted methods to the console")
+RETAIL_CONFIG_STRING_INFO_EX(INTERNAL_InterpreterLogFile, W("InterpreterLogFile"), "If non-null, append interpreter logging to this file, else use stdout", CLRConfig::REGUTIL_default)
+RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_DumpInterpreterStubs, W("DumpInterpreterStubs"), 0, "Prints all interpreter stubs that are created to the console")
+RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_TraceInterpreterEntries, W("TraceInterpreterEntries"), 0, "Logs entries to interpreted methods to the console")
+RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_TraceInterpreterIL, W("TraceInterpreterIL"), 0, "Logs individual instructions of interpreted methods to the console")
+RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_TraceInterpreterOstack, W("TraceInterpreterOstack"), 0, "Logs operand stack after each IL instruction of interpreted methods to the console")
 CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_TraceInterpreterVerbose, W("TraceInterpreterVerbose"), 0, "Logs interpreter progress with detailed messages to the console")
 CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_TraceInterpreterJITTransition, W("TraceInterpreterJITTransition"), 0, "Logs when the interpreter determines a method should be JITted")
 #endif
diff --git a/src/vm/interpreter.cpp b/src/vm/interpreter.cpp
index d92bf16aced3..3766b6483243 100644
--- a/src/vm/interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/vm/interpreter.cpp
@@ -903,9 +903,10 @@ CorJitResult Interpreter::GenerateInterpreterStub(CEEInfo* comp,
 #endif
         {
             // But we also have to use r4, because ThumbEmitCondRegJump below requires a low register.
+            sl.ThumbEmitMovConstant(r11, 0);
             sl.ThumbEmitMovConstant(r12, UINT_PTR(interpMethInfo));
             sl.ThumbEmitLoadRegIndirect(r12, r12, offsetof(InterpreterMethodInfo, m_jittedCode));
-            sl.ThumbEmitCmpImm(r12, 0); // Set condition codes.
+            sl.ThumbEmitCmpReg(r12, r11); // Set condition codes.
             // If r12 is zero, then go on to do the interpretation.
             CodeLabel* doInterpret = sl.NewCodeLabel();
             sl.ThumbEmitCondFlagJump(doInterpret, thumbCondEq.cond);
@@ -1578,7 +1579,7 @@ CorJitResult Interpreter::GenerateInterpreterStub(CEEInfo* comp,
 #else
 #error unsupported platform
 #endif
-        stub = sl.Link();
+        stub = sl.Link(SystemDomain::GetGlobalLoaderAllocator()->GetStubHeap());
 
         *nativeSizeOfCode = static_cast<ULONG>(stub->GetNumCodeBytes());
         // TODO: manage reference count of interpreter stubs.  Look for examples...
@@ -8607,6 +8608,8 @@ void Interpreter::BoxStructRefAt(unsigned ind, CORINFO_CLASS_HANDLE valCls)
     if (th.IsTypeDesc())
         COMPlusThrow(kInvalidOperationException,W("InvalidOperation_TypeCannotBeBoxed"));
 
+    MethodTable* pMT = th.AsMethodTable();
+
     {
         Object* res = OBJECTREFToObject(pMT->Box(valPtr));
 
@@ -9578,7 +9581,9 @@ void Interpreter::DoCallWork(bool virtualCall, void* thisArg, CORINFO_RESOLVED_T
 
     // This is the argument slot that will be used to hold the return value.
     ARG_SLOT retVal = 0;
+#ifndef _ARM_
     _ASSERTE (NUMBER_RETURNVALUE_SLOTS == 1);
+#endif
 
     // If the return type is a structure, then these will be initialized.
     CORINFO_CLASS_HANDLE retTypeClsHnd = NULL;
@@ -10316,15 +10321,19 @@ void Interpreter::CallI()
             }
             else
             {
-                pMD = g_pPrepareConstrainedRegionsMethod;  // A random static method.
+                pMD = g_pExecuteBackoutCodeHelperMethod;  // A random static method.
             }
             MethodDescCallSite mdcs(pMD, &mSig, ftnPtr);
+#if 0
             // If the current method being interpreted is an IL stub, we're calling native code, so
             // change the GC mode.  (We'll only do this at the call if the calling convention turns out
             // to be a managed calling convention.)
             MethodDesc* pStubContextMD = reinterpret_cast<MethodDesc*>(m_stubContext);
             bool transitionToPreemptive = (pStubContextMD != NULL && !pStubContextMD->IsIL());
             mdcs.CallTargetWorker(args, &retVal, sizeof(retVal), transitionToPreemptive);
+#else
+            mdcs.CallTargetWorker(args, &retVal, sizeof(retVal));
+#endif
         }
         // retVal is now vulnerable.
         GCX_FORBID();
diff --git a/src/vm/interpreter.h b/src/vm/interpreter.h
index 92835be92ee0..1151b3691355 100644
--- a/src/vm/interpreter.h
+++ b/src/vm/interpreter.h
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ class InterpreterCEEInfo: public CEEInfo
 {
     CEEJitInfo m_jitInfo;
 public:
-    InterpreterCEEInfo(CORINFO_METHOD_HANDLE meth): CEEInfo((MethodDesc*)meth), m_jitInfo((MethodDesc*)meth, NULL, NULL, CorJitFlag(0)) { m_pOverride = this; }
+    InterpreterCEEInfo(CORINFO_METHOD_HANDLE meth): CEEInfo((MethodDesc*)meth), m_jitInfo((MethodDesc*)meth, NULL, NULL, CORJIT_FLAGS::CORJIT_FLAG_SPEED_OPT) { m_pOverride = this; }
     
     // Certain methods are unimplemented by CEEInfo (they hit an assert).  They are implemented by CEEJitInfo, yet
     // don't seem to require any of the CEEJitInfo state we can't provide.  For those case, delegate to the "partial"