--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoaderDataGraph.cpp	Wed Dec 05 15:39:04 2018 +0530
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoaderDataGraph.cpp	Wed Dec 05 08:55:42 2018 +0100
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@
 }
 
 void ClassLoaderDataGraph::purge() {
-  assert_locked_or_safepoint(ClassLoaderDataGraph_lock);
   ClassLoaderData* list = _unloading;
   _unloading = NULL;
   ClassLoaderData* next = list;