diff -r bf3518bba285 -r 2a6c7c7b30a7 hotspot/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp	Fri Dec 04 04:29:31 2015 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp	Fri Dec 04 04:06:37 2015 -0500
@@ -728,6 +728,9 @@
 
   int prio;
   Thread* thread = (Thread*)thread_addr;
+
+  thread->initialize_thread_current();
+
   OSThread* osthr = thread->osthread();
 
   osthr->set_lwp_id(_lwp_self());  // Store lwp in case we are bound
@@ -5579,7 +5582,7 @@
 
   // fork is async-safe, fork1 is not so can't use in signal handler
   pid_t pid;
-  Thread* t = ThreadLocalStorage::get_thread_slow();
+  Thread* t = Thread::current_or_null_safe();
   if (t != NULL && t->is_inside_signal_handler()) {
     pid = fork();
   } else {