--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp	Mon Mar 03 15:31:27 2014 +0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp	Tue Mar 04 02:19:04 2014 -0800
@@ -3771,11 +3771,14 @@
   }
 
   // now perform tests that are based on flag settings
-  if (callee->force_inline()) {
-    if (inline_level() > MaxForceInlineLevel) INLINE_BAILOUT("MaxForceInlineLevel");
-    print_inlining(callee, "force inline by annotation");
-  } else if (callee->should_inline()) {
-    print_inlining(callee, "force inline by CompileOracle");
+  if (callee->force_inline() || callee->should_inline()) {
+    if (inline_level() > MaxForceInlineLevel                    ) INLINE_BAILOUT("MaxForceInlineLevel");
+    if (recursive_inline_level(callee) > MaxRecursiveInlineLevel) INLINE_BAILOUT("recursive inlining too deep");
+
+    const char* msg = "";
+    if (callee->force_inline())  msg = "force inline by annotation";
+    if (callee->should_inline()) msg = "force inline by CompileOracle";
+    print_inlining(callee, msg);
   } else {
     // use heuristic controls on inlining
     if (inline_level() > MaxInlineLevel                         ) INLINE_BAILOUT("inlining too deep");

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Mon Mar 03 15:31:27 2014 +0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Tue Mar 04 02:19:04 2014 -0800
@@ -2987,7 +2987,8 @@
           "maximum number of nested recursive calls that are inlined")      \
                                                                             \
   develop(intx, MaxForceInlineLevel, 100,                                   \
-          "maximum number of nested @ForceInline calls that are inlined")   \
+          "maximum number of nested calls that are forced for inlining "    \
+          "(using CompilerOracle or marked w/ @ForceInline)")               \
                                                                             \
   product_pd(intx, InlineSmallCode,                                         \
           "Only inline already compiled methods if their code size is "     \