--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Sat Jan 07 10:39:23 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Sat Jan 07 13:26:43 2012 -0800
@@ -3160,6 +3160,9 @@
   if (!UseBiasedLocking || EmitSync != 0) {
     UseOptoBiasInlining = false;
   }
+  if (!EliminateLocks) {
+    EliminateNestedLocks = false;
+  }
 #endif
 
   if (PrintAssembly && FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(DebugNonSafepoints)) {