diff -r 8bf6338972ce -r cc5b5976d72c src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psOldGen.cpp --- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psOldGen.cpp Sat Mar 23 09:16:37 2013 +0100 +++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psOldGen.cpp Tue Apr 02 10:03:02 2013 +0200 @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ } if (PrintGC && Verbose) { - if (success && GC_locker::is_active()) { + if (success && GC_locker::is_active_and_needs_gc()) { gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Garbage collection disabled, expanded heap instead"); } }