--- old/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp	2013-04-25 10:55:28.065238429 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp	2013-04-25 10:55:27.961236503 +0200
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@
   if (SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint()) {
     assert(Thread::current()->is_VM_thread(), "should be the VM thread");
     // Don't take Heap_lock
-    MutexLocker ml(vsm()->lock());
+    MutexLockerEx ml(vsm()->lock(), Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
     if (word_size < TreeChunk<Metablock, FreeList>::min_size()) {
       // Dark matter.  Too small for dictionary.
 #ifdef ASSERT
@@ -2959,7 +2959,7 @@
       vsm()->deallocate(ptr, word_size);
     }
   } else {
-    MutexLocker ml(vsm()->lock());
+    MutexLockerEx ml(vsm()->lock(), Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
 
     if (word_size < TreeChunk<Metablock, FreeList>::min_size()) {
       // Dark matter.  Too small for dictionary.