--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/mutexLocker.cpp	Fri Aug 31 16:39:35 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/mutexLocker.cpp	Sat Sep 01 13:25:18 2012 -0400
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
   def(ExpandHeap_lock              , Mutex  , leaf,        true ); // Used during compilation by VM thread
   def(JNIHandleBlockFreeList_lock  , Mutex  , leaf,        true ); // handles are used by VM thread
   def(SignatureHandlerLibrary_lock , Mutex  , leaf,        false);
-  def(SymbolTable_lock             , Mutex  , leaf,        true );
+  def(SymbolTable_lock             , Mutex  , leaf+2,      true );
   def(StringTable_lock             , Mutex  , leaf,        true );
   def(ProfilePrint_lock            , Mutex  , leaf,        false); // serial profile printing
   def(ExceptionCache_lock          , Mutex  , leaf,        false); // serial profile printing