--- old/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp	Fri Jul 15 13:02:17 2011
+++ new/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp	Fri Jul 15 13:02:16 2011
@@ -453,6 +453,8 @@
                  );
 
   STEP(60, "(printing problematic frame)")
+      // initialize decoder to decode C frames
+      Decoder decoder;
 
      // Print current frame if we have a context (i.e. it's a crash)
      if (_context) {
@@ -566,9 +568,6 @@
        if (fr.pc()) {
           st->print_cr("Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)");
 
-          // initialize decoder to decode C frames
-          Decoder decoder;
-
           int count = 0;
           while (count++ < StackPrintLimit) {
              fr.print_on_error(st, buf, sizeof(buf));