diff -r 40474b7105f4 -r 1a534c7926cc src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp	Thu Nov 15 10:59:56 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp	Thu Nov 15 11:10:04 2018 +0100
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "interpreter/linkResolver.hpp"
 #include "interpreter/oopMapCache.hpp"
 #include "jfr/jfrEvents.hpp"
-#include "jfr/support/jfrThreadId.hpp"
 #include "jvmtifiles/jvmtiEnv.hpp"
 #include "logging/log.hpp"
 #include "logging/logConfiguration.hpp"
@@ -369,6 +368,8 @@
 
   register_thread_stack_with_NMT();
 
+  JFR_ONLY(Jfr::on_thread_start(this);)
+
   log_debug(os, thread)("Thread " UINTX_FORMAT " stack dimensions: "
     PTR_FORMAT "-" PTR_FORMAT " (" SIZE_FORMAT "k).",
     os::current_thread_id(), p2i(stack_base() - stack_size()),
@@ -393,8 +394,6 @@
 }
 
 Thread::~Thread() {
-  JFR_ONLY(Jfr::on_thread_destruct(this);)
-
   // Notify the barrier set that a thread is being destroyed. Note that a barrier
   // set might not be available if we encountered errors during bootstrapping.
   BarrierSet* const barrier_set = BarrierSet::barrier_set();
@@ -402,7 +401,6 @@
     barrier_set->on_thread_destroy(this);
   }
 
-
   // stack_base can be NULL if the thread is never started or exited before
   // record_stack_base_and_size called. Although, we would like to ensure
   // that all started threads do call record_stack_base_and_size(), there is
@@ -1258,6 +1256,7 @@
 }
 
 NonJavaThread::~NonJavaThread() {
+  JFR_ONLY(Jfr::on_thread_exit(this);)
   // Remove this thread from _the_list.
   MutexLockerEx lock(NonJavaThreadsList_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
   NonJavaThread* volatile* p = &_the_list._head;
@@ -1780,12 +1779,7 @@
 
   if (JvmtiExport::should_post_thread_life()) {
     JvmtiExport::post_thread_start(this);
-  }
-
-  EventThreadStart event;
-  if (event.should_commit()) {
-    event.set_thread(JFR_THREAD_ID(this));
-    event.commit();
+
   }
 
   // We call another function to do the rest so we are sure that the stack addresses used
@@ -1889,17 +1883,7 @@
         CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION;
       }
     }
-
-    // Called before the java thread exit since we want to read info
-    // from java_lang_Thread object
-    EventThreadEnd event;
-    if (event.should_commit()) {
-      event.set_thread(JFR_THREAD_ID(this));
-      event.commit();
-    }
-
-    // Call after last event on thread
-    JFR_ONLY(Jfr::on_thread_exit(this);)
+    JFR_ONLY(Jfr::on_java_thread_dismantle(this);)
 
     // Call Thread.exit(). We try 3 times in case we got another Thread.stop during
     // the execution of the method. If that is not enough, then we don't really care. Thread.stop
@@ -1988,6 +1972,7 @@
 
   // These things needs to be done while we are still a Java Thread. Make sure that thread
   // is in a consistent state, in case GC happens
+  JFR_ONLY(Jfr::on_thread_exit(this);)
 
   if (active_handles() != NULL) {
     JNIHandleBlock* block = active_handles();