--- old/src/hotspot/cpu/arm/macroAssembler_arm.cpp	2018-06-14 15:22:34.456663048 +0300
+++ new/src/hotspot/cpu/arm/macroAssembler_arm.cpp	2018-06-14 15:22:34.044660972 +0300
@@ -3014,8 +3014,8 @@
   mov(Rscratch, SP);
   sub(Rscratch, Rmark, Rscratch);
   ands(Rscratch, Rscratch, imm);
-  b(done, ne); // exit with failure
-  str(Rscratch, Address(Rbox, BasicLock::displaced_header_offset_in_bytes())); // set to zero
+  // set to zero if recursive lock, set to non zero otherwise (see discussion in JDK-8153107)
+  str(Rscratch, Address(Rbox, BasicLock::displaced_header_offset_in_bytes()));
   b(done);
 
 #else
@@ -3025,7 +3025,8 @@
   sub(Rscratch, Rmark, SP, eq);
   movs(Rscratch, AsmOperand(Rscratch, lsr, exact_log2(os::vm_page_size())), eq);
   // If still 'eq' then recursive locking OK
-  str(Rscratch, Address(Rbox, BasicLock::displaced_header_offset_in_bytes()), eq); // set to zero
+  // set to zero if recursive lock, set to non zero otherwise (see discussion in JDK-8153107)
+  str(Rscratch, Address(Rbox, BasicLock::displaced_header_offset_in_bytes()));
   b(done);
 #endif