diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp
index d08c5db811a85210161955cf0c22b6b191765820..27bebdc8ddc1f22cd01a920938abffd154979979 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/vmThread.cpp
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ void VMThread::loop() {
           _cur_vm_operation = safepoint_ops;
           if (_cur_vm_operation != NULL) {
             do {
+              EventMark em("Executing coalesced safepoint VM operation: %s", _cur_vm_operation->name());
               // evaluate_operation deletes the op object so we have
               // to grab the next op now
               VM_Operation* next = _cur_vm_operation->next();