--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/concurrentGCThread.cpp	Mon Dec 08 00:15:55 2014 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/concurrentGCThread.cpp	Thu Dec 11 21:34:43 2014 -0500
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@
 
 SurrogateLockerThread::SurrogateLockerThread() :
   JavaThread(&_sltLoop),
-  _monitor(Mutex::nonleaf, "SLTMonitor"),
+  _monitor(Mutex::nonleaf, "SLTMonitor", false,
+           Monitor::_safepoint_check_sometimes),
   _buffer(empty)
 {}