diff -r f8b2179a55d0 -r f9302cf718c9 src/java.base/macosx/native/libjli/java_md_macosx.m
--- a/src/java.base/macosx/native/libjli/java_md_macosx.m	Wed Feb 27 14:45:17 2019 +0530
+++ b/src/java.base/macosx/native/libjli/java_md_macosx.m	Wed Feb 27 13:13:15 2019 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -717,10 +717,17 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Block current thread and continue execution in a new thread
+ * Signature adapter for pthread_create().
+ */
+static void* ThreadJavaMain(void* args) {
+    return (void*)(intptr_t)JavaMain(args);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Block current thread and continue execution in a new thread.
  */
 int
-ContinueInNewThread0(int (JNICALL *continuation)(void *), jlong stack_size, void * args) {
+CallJavaMainInNewThread(jlong stack_size, void* args) {
     int rslt;
     pthread_t tid;
     pthread_attr_t attr;
@@ -728,22 +735,22 @@
     pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE);
 
     if (stack_size > 0) {
-      pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stack_size);
+        pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stack_size);
     }
     pthread_attr_setguardsize(&attr, 0); // no pthread guard page on java threads
 
-    if (pthread_create(&tid, &attr, (void *(*)(void*))continuation, (void*)args) == 0) {
-      void * tmp;
-      pthread_join(tid, &tmp);
-      rslt = (int)(intptr_t)tmp;
+    if (pthread_create(&tid, &attr, ThreadJavaMain, args) == 0) {
+        void* tmp;
+        pthread_join(tid, &tmp);
+        rslt = (int)(intptr_t)tmp;
     } else {
-     /*
-      * Continue execution in current thread if for some reason (e.g. out of
-      * memory/LWP)  a new thread can't be created. This will likely fail
-      * later in continuation as JNI_CreateJavaVM needs to create quite a
-      * few new threads, anyway, just give it a try..
-      */
-      rslt = continuation(args);
+       /*
+        * Continue execution in current thread if for some reason (e.g. out of
+        * memory/LWP)  a new thread can't be created. This will likely fail
+        * later in JavaMain as JNI_CreateJavaVM needs to create quite a
+        * few new threads, anyway, just give it a try..
+        */
+        rslt = JavaMain(args);
     }
 
     pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);