diff -r 4645b6d57f54 -r 9b70ebd131b4 src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciEnv.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciEnv.cpp	Thu May 23 09:46:49 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciEnv.cpp	Thu May 23 10:13:29 2019 +0200
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "memory/universe.hpp"
 #include "oops/objArrayKlass.hpp"
 #include "oops/typeArrayOop.inline.hpp"
+#include "runtime/deoptimization.hpp"
 #include "runtime/jniHandles.inline.hpp"
 #include "runtime/javaCalls.hpp"
 #include "jvmci/jniAccessMark.inline.hpp"
@@ -1496,8 +1497,7 @@
     // Invalidating the HotSpotNmethod means we want the nmethod
     // to be deoptimized.
     nm->mark_for_deoptimization();
-    VM_Deoptimize op;
-    VMThread::execute(&op);
+    Deoptimization::deoptimize_all_marked();
   }
 
   // A HotSpotNmethod instance can only reference a single nmethod