diff -r 35530ca3e0b2 -r 67e3a8b3449c src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmThread.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmThread.cpp	Wed Dec 26 19:24:00 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmThread.cpp	Thu Dec 27 21:17:11 2018 -0500
@@ -285,8 +285,6 @@
 void VMThread::run() {
   assert(this == vm_thread(), "check");
 
-  this->initialize_named_thread();
-
   // Notify_lock wait checks on active_handles() to rewait in
   // case of spurious wakeup, it should wait on the last
   // value set prior to the notify