diff -r cd496c5a3823 -r bffba8d6611a src/hotspot/share/jfr/periodic/jfrThreadCPULoadEvent.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/periodic/jfrThreadCPULoadEvent.cpp	Sun Aug 25 19:09:22 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/periodic/jfrThreadCPULoadEvent.cpp	Mon Aug 26 13:09:14 2019 +0200
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@
   while (iter.has_next()) {
     JavaThread* const jt = iter.next();
     assert(jt != NULL, "invariant");
+    if (jt->jfr_thread_local()->is_excluded()) {
+      continue;
+    }
     ++number_of_threads;
     EventThreadCPULoad event(UNTIMED);
     if (JfrThreadCPULoadEvent::update_event(event, jt, cur_wallclock_time, processor_count)) {