--- a/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp	Thu Apr 25 10:41:49 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp	Wed Apr 24 14:03:20 2019 +0200
@@ -3558,41 +3558,19 @@
   Sleep(ms);
 }
 
+// Windows does not provide sleep functionality with nanosecond resolution, so we
+// try to approximate this with spinning combined with yielding if another thread
+// is ready to run on the current processor.
 void os::naked_short_nanosleep(jlong ns) {
   assert(ns > -1 && ns < NANOUNITS, "Un-interruptable sleep, short time use only");
-  LARGE_INTEGER hundreds_nanos = { 0 };
-  HANDLE wait_timer = ::CreateWaitableTimer(NULL /* attributes*/,
-                                            true /* manual reset */,
-                                            NULL /* name */ );
-  if (wait_timer == NULL) {
-    log_warning(os)("Failed to CreateWaitableTimer: %u", GetLastError());
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // We need a minimum of one hundred nanos.
-  ns = ns > 100 ? ns : 100;
-
-  // Round ns to the nearst hundred of nanos.
-  // Negative values indicate relative time.
-  hundreds_nanos.QuadPart = -((ns + 50) / 100);
-
-  if (::SetWaitableTimer(wait_timer /* handle */,
-                         &hundreds_nanos /* due time */,
-                         0 /* period */,
-                         NULL /* comp func */,
-                         NULL /* comp func args */,
-                         FALSE /* resume */)) {
-    DWORD res = ::WaitForSingleObject(wait_timer /* handle */, INFINITE /* timeout */);
-    if (res != WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
-      if (res == WAIT_FAILED) {
-        log_warning(os)("Failed to WaitForSingleObject: %u", GetLastError());
-      } else {
-        log_warning(os)("Unexpected return from WaitForSingleObject: %s",
-                        res == WAIT_ABANDONED ? "WAIT_ABANDONED" : "WAIT_TIMEOUT");
-      }
+
+  int64_t start = os::javaTimeNanos();
+  do {
+    if (SwitchToThread() == 0) {
+      // Nothing else is ready to run on this cpu, spin a little
+      SpinPause();
     }
-  }
-  ::CloseHandle(wait_timer /* handle */);
+  } while (os::javaTimeNanos() - start < ns);
 }
 
 // Sleep forever; naked call to OS-specific sleep; use with CAUTION