--- old/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/IterateThroughHeap/filter-tagged/HeapFilter.cpp	2018-11-28 12:52:52.000000000 -0800
+++ new/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/IterateThroughHeap/filter-tagged/HeapFilter.cpp	2018-11-28 12:52:51.000000000 -0800
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@
   int object;
   int field;
   for (object = 0; object < (reachable?TEST_OBJECTS_COUNT:TAGGED_OBJECTS); object++) {
+    int tagged = object == 0;
     for (field = 0; field < objects_info[object].fields_count; field++) {
       // If primitive field of object that was not collected or
       // non primitive field that was not collected was not found
@@ -430,8 +431,9 @@
           ||
           (!objects_info[object].fields[field].primitive &&
            !objects_info[object].fields[field].collected)) {
-        if (objects_info[object].fields[field].expected !=
-            objects_info[object].fields[field].found) {
+        int expected = objects_info[object].fields[field].expected;
+        int found = objects_info[object].fields[field].found;
+        if (tagged ? expected != found : expected > found) {
           NSK_COMPLAIN4("Field %s::%s expected to be found %d times, "
                         "but it was found %d times.\n",
                         objects_info[object].name,