--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp	Fri Feb 27 19:52:48 2015 -0500
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp	Tue Mar 03 12:19:35 2015 +0100
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
   assert(this == vm_thread(), "check");
 
   this->initialize_thread_local_storage();
-  this->set_native_thread_name(this->name());
+  this->initialize_named_thread();
   this->record_stack_base_and_size();
   // Notify_lock wait checks on active_handles() to rewait in
   // case of spurious wakeup, it should wait on the last