diff -r 8bd1ac54be56 -r ed8ab32a293d hotspot/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp	Thu Sep 18 08:47:07 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp	Thu Sep 18 08:32:12 2014 +0000
@@ -1206,6 +1206,12 @@
     return;
   }
 
+  if (TieredCompilation) {
+    // Tiered policy requires MethodCounters to exist before adding a method to
+    // the queue. Create if we don't have them yet.
+    method->get_method_counters(thread);
+  }
+
   // Outputs from the following MutexLocker block:
   CompileTask* task     = NULL;
   bool         blocking = false;