--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/support/jfrThreadLocal.cpp	Wed Jul 03 11:43:01 2019 +0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/support/jfrThreadLocal.cpp	Wed Jul 03 11:34:46 2019 +0200
@@ -150,9 +150,7 @@
 
 JfrStackFrame* JfrThreadLocal::install_stackframes() const {
   assert(_stackframes == NULL, "invariant");
-  _stackdepth = (u4)JfrOptionSet::stackdepth();
-  guarantee(_stackdepth > 0, "Stackdepth must be > 0");
-  _stackframes = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(JfrStackFrame, _stackdepth, mtTracing);
+  _stackframes = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(JfrStackFrame, stackdepth(), mtTracing);
   return _stackframes;
 }
 
@@ -163,3 +161,7 @@
 ByteSize JfrThreadLocal::java_event_writer_offset() {
   return in_ByteSize(offset_of(JfrThreadLocal, _java_event_writer));
 }
+
+u4 JfrThreadLocal::stackdepth() const {
+  return _stackdepth != 0 ? _stackdepth : (u4)JfrOptionSet::stackdepth();
+}