diff -r e79bbf1635da -r 6d5bd76650df src/hotspot/share/runtime/vm_operations.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vm_operations.cpp	Wed Mar 28 16:39:32 2018 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vm_operations.cpp	Wed Mar 28 12:04:33 2018 -0400
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
 }
 
 volatile bool VM_Exit::_vm_exited = false;
-Thread * VM_Exit::_shutdown_thread = NULL;
+Thread * volatile VM_Exit::_shutdown_thread = NULL;
 
 int VM_Exit::set_vm_exited() {