--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/memRecorder.hpp	Wed Jul 04 15:55:45 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/services/memRecorder.hpp	Thu Jul 19 09:05:42 2012 -0400
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@
 
   SequencedRecordIterator pointer_itr();
 
- public:
+ protected:
   // number of MemRecorder instance
-  debug_only(static volatile jint _instance_count;)
+  static volatile jint _instance_count;
 
  private:
   // sorting function, sort records into following order