--- old/make/symbols/symbols-unix	2016-08-08 20:27:52.112268365 -0400
+++ new/make/symbols/symbols-unix	2016-08-08 20:27:52.012267869 -0400
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 JVM_ArrayCopy
 JVM_AssertionStatusDirectives
 JVM_CallStackWalk
-JVM_CheckReferencePendingList
 JVM_ClassDepth
 JVM_ClassLoaderDepth
 JVM_Clone
@@ -132,6 +131,7 @@
 JVM_GetTemporaryDirectory
 JVM_GetVmArguments
 JVM_Halt
+JVM_HasReferencePendingList
 JVM_HoldsLock
 JVM_IHashCode
 JVM_InitProperties
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
 JVM_ToStackTraceElement
 JVM_TotalMemory
 JVM_UnloadLibrary
+JVM_WaitForReferencePendingList
 JVM_Yield
 
 # Module related API's
--- old/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp	2016-08-08 20:27:52.664271102 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp	2016-08-08 20:27:52.560270586 -0400
@@ -3366,18 +3366,17 @@
   return JNIHandles::make_local(env, ref);
 JVM_END
 
-JVM_ENTRY(jboolean, JVM_CheckReferencePendingList(JNIEnv* env, jboolean await))
-  JVMWrapper("JVM_CheckReferencePendingList");
+JVM_ENTRY(jboolean, JVM_HasReferencePendingList(JNIEnv* env))
+  JVMWrapper("JVM_HasReferencePendingList");
   MonitorLockerEx ml(Heap_lock);
-  if (Universe::reference_pending_list() != NULL) {
-    return true;
-  } else if (await) {
-    do {
-      ml.wait();
-    } while (Universe::reference_pending_list() == NULL);
-    return true;
-  } else {
-    return false;
+  return Universe::has_reference_pending_list();
+JVM_END
+
+JVM_ENTRY(void, JVM_WaitForReferencePendingList(JNIEnv* env))
+  JVMWrapper("JVM_WaitForReferencePendingList");
+  MonitorLockerEx ml(Heap_lock);
+  while (!Universe::has_reference_pending_list()) {
+    ml.wait();
   }
 JVM_END
 
--- old/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h	2016-08-08 20:27:53.272274117 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h	2016-08-08 20:27:53.172273621 -0400
@@ -303,7 +303,10 @@
 JVM_GetAndClearReferencePendingList(JNIEnv *env);
 
 JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
-JVM_CheckReferencePendingList(JNIEnv *env, jboolean await);
+JVM_HasReferencePendingList(JNIEnv *env);
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+JVM_WaitForReferencePendingList(JNIEnv *env);
 
 /*
  * java.io.ObjectInputStream