--- a/src/hotspot/os/posix/vmError_posix.cpp	Thu Mar 29 21:48:38 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/posix/vmError_posix.cpp	Fri Mar 30 06:31:16 2018 +0200
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "runtime/arguments.hpp"
 #include "runtime/os.hpp"
 #include "runtime/thread.hpp"
+#include "utilities/debug.hpp"
 #include "utilities/vmError.hpp"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -122,11 +123,20 @@
     pc = (address) info->si_addr;
   }
 
+  // Needed to make it possible to call SafeFetch.. APIs in error handling.
   if (uc && pc && StubRoutines::is_safefetch_fault(pc)) {
     os::Posix::ucontext_set_pc(uc, StubRoutines::continuation_for_safefetch_fault(pc));
     return;
   }
 
+  // Needed because asserts may happen in error handling too.
+#ifdef CAN_SHOW_REGISTERS_ON_ASSERT
+  if ((sig == SIGSEGV || sig == SIGBUS) && info != NULL && info->si_addr == g_assert_poison) {
+    handle_assert_poison_fault(ucVoid, info->si_addr);
+    return;
+  }
+#endif // CAN_SHOW_REGISTERS_ON_ASSERT
+
   VMError::report_and_die(NULL, sig, pc, info, ucVoid);
 }