--- old/src/hotspot/share/runtime/objectMonitor.hpp	2020-07-13 15:32:45.000000000 -0400
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/runtime/objectMonitor.hpp	2020-07-13 15:32:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@
     // _recursions == 0 _WaitSet == NULL
 #ifdef ASSERT
     stringStream ss;
-#endif
     assert((is_busy() | _recursions) == 0, "freeing in-use monitor: %s, "
            "recursions=" INTX_FORMAT, is_busy_to_string(&ss), _recursions);
+#endif
     _succ          = NULL;
     _EntryList     = NULL;
     _cxq           = NULL;