*** old/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp	Tue Feb 27 17:51:15 2018
--- new/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp	Tue Feb 27 17:51:15 2018

*** 3858,3871 ****
--- 3858,3872 ----
    // cache the system and platform class loaders
    SystemDictionary::compute_java_loaders(CHECK_JNI_ERR);
  
  #if INCLUDE_JVMCI
    if (EnableJVMCI) {
!     // Initialize JVMCI eagerly if JVMCIPrintProperties is enabled.
!     // Initialize JVMCI eagerly when it is explicitly requested.
+     // Or when JVMCIPrintProperties is enabled.
      // The JVMCI Java initialization code will read this flag and
      // do the printing if it's set.
!     bool init = EagerJVMCI || JVMCIPrintProperties;
  
      if (!init) {
        // 8145270: Force initialization of JVMCI runtime otherwise requests for blocking
        // compilations via JVMCI will not actually block until JVMCI is initialized.
        init = UseJVMCICompiler && (!UseInterpreter || !BackgroundCompilation);