--- old/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp	2020-02-03 17:39:41.000000000 -0500
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp	2020-02-03 17:39:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -4678,7 +4678,12 @@
   DO_JAVA_THREADS(t_list, p) {
     if (!p->can_call_java()) continue;
 
-    address pending = (address)p->current_pending_monitor();
+    // This current_pending_monitor() call site only uses the returned
+    // ObjectMonitor* for matching purposes and does not try to fetch
+    // the object reference so this ObjectMonitorHandle is not strictly
+    // necessary.
+    ObjectMonitorHandle omh;
+    address pending = (address)p->current_pending_monitor(&omh);
     if (pending == monitor) {             // found a match
       if (i < count) result->append(p);   // save the first count matches
       i++;