--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2014-12-04 16:47:30.412050000 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2014-12-04 16:47:28.382563000 -0500
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@
   _visited_for_critical_count = false;
 #endif
 
-  _SR_lock = new Monitor(Mutex::suspend_resume, "SR_lock", true);
+  _SR_lock = new Monitor(Mutex::suspend_resume, "SR_lock", true,
+                         Monitor::_safepoint_check_sometimes);
   _suspend_flags = 0;
 
   // thread-specific hashCode stream generator state - Marsaglia shift-xor form