--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Mon Oct 19 12:30:17 2015 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Tue Oct 20 11:17:19 2015 -0400
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@
         tty->print_cr("Pending Async. exception installed of type: %s", InstanceKlass::cast(_pending_async_exception->klass())->external_name());
       }
       // for AbortVMOnException flag
-      NOT_PRODUCT(Exceptions::debug_check_abort(InstanceKlass::cast(_pending_async_exception->klass())->external_name()));
+      Exceptions::debug_check_abort(InstanceKlass::cast(_pending_async_exception->klass())->external_name());
     }
   }