--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/globalDefinitions_x86.hpp	Sat Nov 11 01:21:09 2017 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/globalDefinitions_x86.hpp	Thu Aug 31 10:00:28 2017 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -65,4 +65,9 @@
 #define SUPPORT_RESERVED_STACK_AREA
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _LP64
+// X64 have implemented the local polling
+#define THREAD_LOCAL_POLL
+#endif
+
 #endif // CPU_X86_VM_GLOBALDEFINITIONS_X86_HPP