--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Tue Aug 30 12:48:03 2016 +0300
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Tue Aug 30 23:48:16 2016 -0400
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "gc/shared/collectedHeap.inline.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/gcLocker.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/generation.hpp"
-#include "gc/shared/referencePendingListLocker.hpp"
 #include "interpreter/bytecodeStream.hpp"
 #include "interpreter/bytecodeTracer.hpp"
 #include "interpreter/bytecodes.hpp"
@@ -400,12 +399,6 @@
     return;
   }
 
-  // Do not profile method if current thread holds the pending list lock,
-  // which avoids deadlock for acquiring the MethodData_lock.
-  if (ReferencePendingListLocker::is_locked_by_self()) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   // Grab a lock here to prevent multiple
   // MethodData*s from being created.
   MutexLocker ml(MethodData_lock, THREAD);