--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/runtime.cpp	Mon Nov 25 12:32:40 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/runtime.cpp	Mon Nov 25 12:33:15 2019 +0100
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@
     c->set_next(NULL);
     head = _named_counters;
     c->set_next(head);
-  } while (Atomic::cmpxchg(c, &_named_counters, head) != head);
+  } while (Atomic::cmpxchg(&_named_counters, head, c) != head);
   return c;
 }