diff -r a4075664328d -r 322d55d167be hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp	Mon Dec 08 00:15:55 2014 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp	Thu Dec 11 21:34:43 2014 -0500
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@
   _vm_queue = new VMOperationQueue();
   guarantee(_vm_queue != NULL, "just checking");
 
-  _terminate_lock = new Monitor(Mutex::safepoint, "VMThread::_terminate_lock", true);
+  _terminate_lock = new Monitor(Mutex::safepoint, "VMThread::_terminate_lock", true,
+                                Monitor::_safepoint_check_never);
 
   if (UsePerfData) {
     // jvmstat performance counters