--- old/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmThread.cpp 2018-12-20 23:35:37.452374584 -0500 +++ new/src/hotspot/share/runtime/vmThread.cpp 2018-12-20 23:35:35.724275842 -0500 @@ -285,8 +285,6 @@ void VMThread::run() { assert(this == vm_thread(), "check"); - this->initialize_named_thread(); - // Notify_lock wait checks on active_handles() to rewait in // case of spurious wakeup, it should wait on the last // value set prior to the notify