--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2014-10-13 17:32:20.804926189 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2014-10-13 17:32:19.664926232 +0200
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include "runtime/sharedRuntime.hpp"
 #include "runtime/statSampler.hpp"
 #include "runtime/stubRoutines.hpp"
+#include "runtime/sweeper.hpp"
 #include "runtime/task.hpp"
 #include "runtime/thread.inline.hpp"
 #include "runtime/threadCritical.hpp"
@@ -1550,6 +1551,7 @@
 
 // Remove this ifdef when C1 is ported to the compiler interface.
 static void compiler_thread_entry(JavaThread* thread, TRAPS);
+static void sweeper_thread_entry(JavaThread* thread, TRAPS);
 
 JavaThread::JavaThread(ThreadFunction entry_point, size_t stack_sz) :
                        Thread()
@@ -3169,6 +3171,10 @@
   CompileBroker::compiler_thread_loop();
 }
 
+static void sweeper_thread_entry(JavaThread* thread, TRAPS) {
+  NMethodSweeper::sweeper_loop();
+}
+
 // Create a CompilerThread
 CompilerThread::CompilerThread(CompileQueue* queue,
                                CompilerCounters* counters)
@@ -3179,7 +3185,6 @@
   _queue = queue;
   _counters = counters;
   _buffer_blob = NULL;
-  _scanned_nmethod = NULL;
   _compiler = NULL;
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
@@ -3187,7 +3192,12 @@
 #endif
 }
 
-void CompilerThread::oops_do(OopClosure* f, CLDClosure* cld_f, CodeBlobClosure* cf) {
+// Create sweeper thread
+CodeCacheSweeperThread::CodeCacheSweeperThread()
+: JavaThread(&sweeper_thread_entry) {
+  _scanned_nmethod = NULL;
+}
+void CodeCacheSweeperThread::oops_do(OopClosure* f, CLDClosure* cld_f, CodeBlobClosure* cf) {
   JavaThread::oops_do(f, cld_f, cf);
   if (_scanned_nmethod != NULL && cf != NULL) {
     // Safepoints can occur when the sweeper is scanning an nmethod so