diff -r cb5f289ba033 -r a5813fb66270 hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp	Fri Jul 07 23:04:06 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp	Fri Jul 07 23:11:33 2017 +0200
@@ -4822,8 +4822,11 @@
   }
 }
 
-os::WatcherThreadCrashProtection::WatcherThreadCrashProtection() {
-  assert(Thread::current()->is_Watcher_thread(), "Must be WatcherThread");
+Thread* os::ThreadCrashProtection::_protected_thread = NULL;
+os::ThreadCrashProtection* os::ThreadCrashProtection::_crash_protection = NULL;
+volatile intptr_t os::ThreadCrashProtection::_crash_mux = 0;
+
+os::ThreadCrashProtection::ThreadCrashProtection() {
 }
 
 // See the caveats for this class in os_windows.hpp
@@ -4832,20 +4835,24 @@
 // true.
 // The callback is supposed to provide the method that should be protected.
 //
-bool os::WatcherThreadCrashProtection::call(os::CrashProtectionCallback& cb) {
-  assert(Thread::current()->is_Watcher_thread(), "Only for WatcherThread");
-  assert(!WatcherThread::watcher_thread()->has_crash_protection(),
-         "crash_protection already set?");
+bool os::ThreadCrashProtection::call(os::CrashProtectionCallback& cb) {
+
+  Thread::muxAcquire(&_crash_mux, "CrashProtection");
+
+  _protected_thread = Thread::current_or_null();
+  assert(_protected_thread != NULL, "Cannot crash protect a NULL thread");
 
   bool success = true;
   __try {
-    WatcherThread::watcher_thread()->set_crash_protection(this);
+    _crash_protection = this;
     cb.call();
   } __except(EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER) {
     // only for protection, nothing to do
     success = false;
   }
-  WatcherThread::watcher_thread()->set_crash_protection(NULL);
+  _crash_protection = NULL;
+  _protected_thread = NULL;
+  Thread::muxRelease(&_crash_mux);
   return success;
 }