--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2015-09-15 11:20:13.226623685 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2015-09-15 11:20:13.134623682 +0200
@@ -3292,10 +3292,6 @@
 jint Threads::create_vm(JavaVMInitArgs* args, bool* canTryAgain) {
   extern void JDK_Version_init();
 
-  // Record VM creation timing statistics
-  TraceVmCreationTime create_vm_timer;
-  create_vm_timer.start();
-
   // Preinitialize version info.
   VM_Version::early_initialize();
 
@@ -3311,6 +3307,10 @@
   // Initialize the os module before using TLS
   os::init();
 
+  // Record VM creation timing statistics
+  TraceVmCreationTime create_vm_timer;
+  create_vm_timer.start();
+
   // Initialize system properties.
   Arguments::init_system_properties();