--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp	2014-12-09 14:42:32.396312000 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp	2014-12-09 14:42:31.462205000 -0500
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@
   _vm_queue = new VMOperationQueue();
   guarantee(_vm_queue != NULL, "just checking");
 
-  _terminate_lock = new Monitor(Mutex::safepoint, "VMThread::_terminate_lock", true);
+  _terminate_lock = new Monitor(Mutex::safepoint, "VMThread::_terminate_lock", true,
+                                Monitor::_safepoint_check_never);
 
   if (UsePerfData) {
     // jvmstat performance counters