diff -r bf3518bba285 -r 2a6c7c7b30a7 hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_operations.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_operations.cpp	Fri Dec 04 04:29:31 2015 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_operations.cpp	Fri Dec 04 04:06:37 2015 -0500
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 int VM_Exit::set_vm_exited() {
   CodeCacheExtensions::complete_step(CodeCacheExtensionsSteps::LastStep);
 
-  Thread * thr_cur = ThreadLocalStorage::get_thread_slow();
+  Thread * thr_cur = Thread::current();
 
   assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), "must be at safepoint already");
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
   // to wait for threads in _thread_in_native state to be quiescent.
   assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), "must be at safepoint already");
 
-  Thread * thr_cur = ThreadLocalStorage::get_thread_slow();
+  Thread * thr_cur = Thread::current();
   Monitor timer(Mutex::leaf, "VM_Exit timer", true,
                 Monitor::_safepoint_check_never);
 
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
 
 void VM_Exit::wait_if_vm_exited() {
   if (_vm_exited &&
-      ThreadLocalStorage::get_thread_slow() != _shutdown_thread) {
+      Thread::current_or_null() != _shutdown_thread) {
     // _vm_exited is set at safepoint, and the Threads_lock is never released
     // we will block here until the process dies
     Threads_lock->lock_without_safepoint_check();