diff -r 162fe03153a4 -r 3363c00f4a4e jdk/src/jdk.jdwp.agent/share/native/libjdwp/StringReferenceImpl.c
--- a/jdk/src/jdk.jdwp.agent/share/native/libjdwp/StringReferenceImpl.c	Thu Mar 05 09:38:45 2015 +0000
+++ b/jdk/src/jdk.jdwp.agent/share/native/libjdwp/StringReferenceImpl.c	Thu Mar 05 05:06:00 2015 -0800
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@
         char *utf;
 
         utf = (char *)JNI_FUNC_PTR(env,GetStringUTFChars)(env, string, NULL);
-        (void)outStream_writeString(out, utf);
-        JNI_FUNC_PTR(env,ReleaseStringUTFChars)(env, string, utf);
+        if (!(*env)->ExceptionCheck(env)) {
+            (void)outStream_writeString(out, utf);
+            JNI_FUNC_PTR(env,ReleaseStringUTFChars)(env, string, utf);
+        }
 
     } END_WITH_LOCAL_REFS(env);