--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	Mon Oct 27 17:24:10 2014 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	Wed Nov 12 13:55:59 2014 +0100
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
   MutexLocker ml(SymbolTable_lock, THREAD);
 
   // Otherwise, add to symbol to table
-  return the_table()->basic_add(index, (u1*)name, len, hashValue, true, CHECK_NULL);
+  return the_table()->basic_add(index, (u1*)name, len, hashValue, true, THREAD);
 }
 
 Symbol* SymbolTable::lookup(const Symbol* sym, int begin, int end, TRAPS) {
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
   // Grab SymbolTable_lock first.
   MutexLocker ml(SymbolTable_lock, THREAD);
 
-  return the_table()->basic_add(index, (u1*)buffer, len, hashValue, true, CHECK_NULL);
+  return the_table()->basic_add(index, (u1*)buffer, len, hashValue, true, THREAD);
 }
 
 Symbol* SymbolTable::lookup_only(const char* name, int len,