--- old/src/hotspot/share/runtime/objectMonitor.cpp	2018-09-17 23:30:05.411744463 -0700
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/runtime/objectMonitor.cpp	2018-09-17 23:30:05.155744472 -0700
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
 static int Knob_Penalty             = 200;     // spin failure penalty
 static int Knob_Poverty             = 1000;
 static int Knob_FixedSpin           = 0;
-static int Knob_OState              = 3;       // Spinner checks thread state of _owner
 static int Knob_UsePause            = 1;
 static int Knob_ExitPolicy          = 0;
 static int Knob_PreSpin             = 10;      // 20-100 likely better
@@ -1831,7 +1830,7 @@
   ctr = _SpinDuration;
   if (ctr <= 0) return 0;
 
-  if (Knob_OState && NotRunnable (Self, (Thread *) _owner)) {
+  if (NotRunnable(Self, (Thread *) _owner)) {
     return 0;
   }
 
@@ -1923,7 +1922,7 @@
     // The owner must be executing in order to drop the lock.
     // Spinning while the owner is OFFPROC is idiocy.
     // Consider: ctr -= RunnablePenalty ;
-    if (Knob_OState && NotRunnable (Self, ox)) {
+    if (NotRunnable(Self, ox)) {
       goto Abort;
     }
     if (_succ == NULL) {