diff -r 4d2371d76a19 -r b9bfa72b7dda hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp	Fri Apr 12 12:22:59 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp	Fri Apr 12 15:53:30 2013 -0700
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   _queue[prio]->set_next(_queue[prio]);
   _queue[prio]->set_prev(_queue[prio]);
   assert(queue_empty(prio), "drain corrupted queue");
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#ifdef ASSERT
   int len = 0;
   VM_Operation* cur;
   for(cur = r; cur != NULL; cur=cur->next()) len++;