--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp	Thu Oct 17 09:38:32 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp	Thu Oct 17 13:14:48 2019 -0400
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@
 }
 
 void ShenandoahHeap::set_concurrent_traversal_in_progress(bool in_progress) {
-   set_gc_state_mask(TRAVERSAL | HAS_FORWARDED | UPDATEREFS, in_progress);
+   set_gc_state_mask(TRAVERSAL, in_progress);
    ShenandoahBarrierSet::satb_mark_queue_set().set_active_all_threads(in_progress, !in_progress);
 }
 
@@ -2060,7 +2060,12 @@
 }
 
 void ShenandoahHeap::set_has_forwarded_objects(bool cond) {
-  set_gc_state_mask(HAS_FORWARDED, cond);
+  if (is_traversal_mode()) {
+    set_gc_state_mask(HAS_FORWARDED | UPDATEREFS, cond);
+  } else {
+    set_gc_state_mask(HAS_FORWARDED, cond);
+  }
+
 }
 
 void ShenandoahHeap::set_process_references(bool pr) {