diff -r 74533f63b116 -r d2a62e0f25eb src/share/vm/oops/symbol.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/symbol.cpp	Wed Jun 27 15:23:36 2012 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/symbol.cpp	Thu Jun 28 17:03:16 2012 -0400
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 void* Symbol::operator new(size_t sz, int len, TRAPS) {
   int alloc_size = object_size(len)*HeapWordSize;
-  address res = (address) AllocateHeap(alloc_size, "symbol");
+  address res = (address) AllocateHeap(alloc_size, mtSymbol);
   DEBUG_ONLY(set_allocation_type(res, ResourceObj::C_HEAP);)
   return res;
 }