--- old/src/share/vm/services/memoryManager.cpp	2014-12-10 11:28:23.419587000 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/services/memoryManager.cpp	2014-12-10 11:28:20.569125000 -0500
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@
 GCMemoryManager::GCMemoryManager() : MemoryManager() {
   _num_collections = 0;
   _last_gc_stat = NULL;
-  _last_gc_lock = new Mutex(Mutex::leaf, "_last_gc_lock", true);
+  _last_gc_lock = new Mutex(Mutex::leaf, "_last_gc_lock", true,
+                            Monitor::_safepoint_check_never);
   _current_gc_stat = NULL;
   _num_gc_threads = 1;
   _notification_enabled = false;