--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2012-02-13 22:46:54.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2012-02-13 22:46:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -3220,11 +3220,6 @@
     return status;
   }
 
-  // Must be run after init_ft which initializes ft_enabled
-  if (TRACE_INITIALIZE() != JNI_OK) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Failed to initialize tracing backend");
-  }
-
   // Should be done after the heap is fully created
   main_thread->cache_global_variables();
 
@@ -3366,6 +3361,7 @@
       initialize_class(vmSymbols::java_lang_ArithmeticException(), CHECK_0);
       initialize_class(vmSymbols::java_lang_StackOverflowError(), CHECK_0);
       initialize_class(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalMonitorStateException(), CHECK_0);
+      initialize_class(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), CHECK_0);
     } else {
       warning("java.lang.OutOfMemoryError has not been initialized");
       warning("java.lang.NullPointerException has not been initialized");
@@ -3412,6 +3408,11 @@
   HOTSPOT_VM_INIT_END();
 #endif /* USDT2 */
 
+  // Must be run after init_ft which initializes ft_enabled
+  if (TRACE_INITIALIZE() != JNI_OK) {
+    vm_exit_during_initialization("Failed to initialize tracing backend");
+  }
+
   // record VM initialization completion time
   Management::record_vm_init_completed();