--- a/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp	Wed Feb 05 21:24:29 2014 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp	Thu Feb 06 14:28:35 2014 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -891,8 +891,16 @@
   FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, filename, mtInternal);
 
   // open the shared memory file for the give vmid
-  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, CHECK);
-  assert(fd != OS_ERR, "unexpected value");
+  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, THREAD);
+
+  if (fd == OS_ERR) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
+    ::close(fd);
+    return;
+  }
 
   if (*sizep == 0) {
     size = sharedmem_filesize(fd, CHECK);