--- old/test/compiler/whitebox/LockCompilationTest.java	2016-03-18 15:53:48.075568122 +0100
+++ new/test/compiler/whitebox/LockCompilationTest.java	2016-03-18 15:53:47.951568117 +0100
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 
 /*
  * @test LockCompilationTest
- * @bug 8059624
+ * @bug 8059624 8152169
  * @library /testlibrary /test/lib /
  * @modules java.management
  * @build LockCompilationTest
- * @run main ClassFileInstaller sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
- *                              sun.hotspot.WhiteBox$WhiteBoxPermission
+ * @run driver ClassFileInstaller sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
+ *                                sun.hotspot.WhiteBox$WhiteBoxPermission
  * @run main/othervm -Xbootclasspath/a:. -Xmixed -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+WhiteBoxAPI LockCompilationTest
  * @summary testing of WB::lock/unlockCompilation()
  */
@@ -42,10 +42,25 @@
 import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
 
 public class LockCompilationTest extends CompilerWhiteBoxTest {
+
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        // This case waits for 10 seconds and verifies that the method hasn't been
+        // This case waits for 5 seconds and verifies that the method hasn't been
         // compiled during that time. Only do that for one of the test cases.
-        CompilerWhiteBoxTest.main(LockCompilationTest::new, new String[] {"METHOD_TEST"});
+
+        // Only compile SimpleTestCase$Helper.method and exclude all other to ensure no
+        // contention on the compile queue causes problems.
+        String directive =
+                "[{ match:\"*SimpleTestCase$Helper.method\", Exclude:false}, " +
+                " { match:\"*.*\", Exclude:true}]";
+        if (WHITE_BOX.addCompilerDirective(directive) != 2) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Could not add directive");
+        }
+        try {
+            CompilerWhiteBoxTest.main(LockCompilationTest::new, new String[] {"METHOD_TEST"});
+        } finally {
+            WHITE_BOX.removeCompilerDirective(2);
+        }
+
     }
 
     private LockCompilationTest(TestCase testCase) {
@@ -66,7 +81,12 @@
             // to check if it works correctly w/ safepoints
             System.out.println("going to safepoint");
             WHITE_BOX.fullGC();
-            waitBackgroundCompilation();
+            // Sleep a while and then make sure the compile is still waiting
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(5000);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                System.out.println("Thread sleep interrupted");
+            }
             Asserts.assertTrue(
                     WHITE_BOX.isMethodQueuedForCompilation(method),
                     method + " must be in queue");