diff -r edc4431940b2 -r 5ec6ffa63c57 hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp	Wed Oct 14 13:30:47 2015 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.cpp	Wed Oct 14 15:36:41 2015 -0700
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
                   p2i(h_exception()), file, line, p2i(thread));
   }
   // for AbortVMOnException flag
-  NOT_PRODUCT(Exceptions::debug_check_abort(h_exception, message));
+  Exceptions::debug_check_abort(h_exception, message);
 
   // Check for special boot-strapping/vm-thread handling
   if (special_exception(thread, file, line, h_exception)) {
@@ -477,13 +477,12 @@
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#ifndef PRODUCT
 // caller frees value_string if necessary
 void Exceptions::debug_check_abort(const char *value_string, const char* message) {
   if (AbortVMOnException != NULL && value_string != NULL &&
       strstr(value_string, AbortVMOnException)) {
-    if (AbortVMOnExceptionMessage == NULL || message == NULL ||
-        strcmp(message, AbortVMOnExceptionMessage) == 0) {
+    if (AbortVMOnExceptionMessage == NULL || (message != NULL &&
+        strstr(message, AbortVMOnExceptionMessage))) {
       fatal("Saw %s, aborting", value_string);
     }
   }
@@ -491,14 +490,17 @@
 
 void Exceptions::debug_check_abort(Handle exception, const char* message) {
   if (AbortVMOnException != NULL) {
-    ResourceMark rm;
-    if (message == NULL && exception->is_a(SystemDictionary::Throwable_klass())) {
-      oop msg = java_lang_Throwable::message(exception);
-      if (msg != NULL) {
-        message = java_lang_String::as_utf8_string(msg);
-      }
-    }
-    debug_check_abort(InstanceKlass::cast(exception()->klass())->external_name(), message);
+    debug_check_abort_helper(exception, message);
   }
 }
-#endif
+
+void Exceptions::debug_check_abort_helper(Handle exception, const char* message) {
+  ResourceMark rm;
+  if (message == NULL && exception->is_a(SystemDictionary::Throwable_klass())) {
+    oop msg = java_lang_Throwable::message(exception);
+    if (msg != NULL) {
+      message = java_lang_String::as_utf8_string(msg);
+    }
+  }
+  debug_check_abort(InstanceKlass::cast(exception()->klass())->external_name(), message);
+}