--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Wed Sep 25 17:47:51 2013 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Thu Sep 26 10:25:02 2013 -0400
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@
   _in_deopt_handler = 0;
   _doing_unsafe_access = false;
   _stack_guard_state = stack_guard_unused;
-  _exception_oop = NULL;
+  (void)const_cast<oop&>(_exception_oop = NULL);
   _exception_pc  = 0;
   _exception_handler_pc = 0;
   _is_method_handle_return = 0;