diff -r bf3518bba285 -r 2a6c7c7b30a7 hotspot/src/share/vm/gc/shared/concurrentGCThread.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc/shared/concurrentGCThread.cpp	Fri Dec 04 04:29:31 2015 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc/shared/concurrentGCThread.cpp	Fri Dec 04 04:06:37 2015 -0500
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 
 void ConcurrentGCThread::initialize_in_thread() {
   this->record_stack_base_and_size();
-  this->initialize_thread_local_storage();
   this->initialize_named_thread();
   this->set_active_handles(JNIHandleBlock::allocate_block());
   // From this time Thread::current() should be working.
@@ -74,9 +73,6 @@
     _has_terminated = true;
     Terminator_lock->notify();
   }
-
-  // Thread destructor usually does this..
-  ThreadLocalStorage::set_thread(NULL);
 }
 
 static void _sltLoop(JavaThread* thread, TRAPS) {