--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp	Tue Dec 11 13:13:18 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp	Tue Dec 11 18:00:17 2018 -0500
@@ -1531,10 +1531,6 @@
   _is_subject_to_discovery_cm(this),
   _in_cset_fast_test() {
 
-  _workers = new WorkGang("GC Thread", ParallelGCThreads,
-                          true /* are_GC_task_threads */,
-                          false /* are_ConcurrentGC_threads */);
-  _workers->initialize_workers();
   _verifier = new G1HeapVerifier(this);
 
   _allocator = new G1Allocator(this);
@@ -1767,6 +1763,14 @@
     _humongous_reclaim_candidates.initialize(start, end, granularity);
   }
 
+  _workers = new WorkGang("GC Thread", ParallelGCThreads,
+                          true /* are_GC_task_threads */,
+                          false /* are_ConcurrentGC_threads */);
+  if (_workers == NULL) {
+    return JNI_ENOMEM;
+  }
+  _workers->initialize_workers();
+
   // Create the G1ConcurrentMark data structure and thread.
   // (Must do this late, so that "max_regions" is defined.)
   _cm = new G1ConcurrentMark(this, prev_bitmap_storage, next_bitmap_storage);