--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/macroAssembler_x86.cpp	Mon Sep 28 15:05:02 2015 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/macroAssembler_x86.cpp	Tue Sep 29 11:02:08 2015 +0200
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
     ::tty->print_cr("=============== DEBUG MESSAGE: %s ================\n", msg);
   }
   // Don't assert holding the ttyLock
-    assert(false, err_msg("DEBUG MESSAGE: %s", msg));
+    assert(false, "DEBUG MESSAGE: %s", msg);
   ThreadStateTransition::transition(thread, _thread_in_vm, saved_state);
 }
 
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@
     ttyLocker ttyl;
     ::tty->print_cr("=============== DEBUG MESSAGE: %s ================\n",
                     msg);
-    assert(false, err_msg("DEBUG MESSAGE: %s", msg));
+    assert(false, "DEBUG MESSAGE: %s", msg);
   }
 }