--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Fri Feb 27 19:52:48 2015 -0500
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Tue Mar 03 12:19:35 2015 +0100
@@ -1161,6 +1161,10 @@
   va_end(ap);
 }
 
+void NamedThread::initialize_named_thread() {
+  set_native_thread_name(name());
+}
+
 void NamedThread::print_on(outputStream* st) const {
   st->print("\"%s\" ", name());
   Thread::print_on(st);