--- old/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp	Fri Mar  7 09:22:51 2014
+++ new/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp	Fri Mar  7 09:22:51 2014
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -891,9 +891,17 @@
   FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, filename, mtInternal);
 
   // open the shared memory file for the give vmid
-  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, CHECK);
-  assert(fd != OS_ERR, "unexpected value");
+  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, THREAD);
 
+  if (fd == OS_ERR) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
+    ::close(fd);
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (*sizep == 0) {
     size = sharedmem_filesize(fd, CHECK);
   } else {