diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
index d2a0161a7ccdf9a14b3a13470630fc5f78883de0..a4d0cb0baf09f3d3f8cc90e9fa007246d5a8e627 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
@@ -674,6 +674,11 @@ void VMError::report_and_die() {
     reset_signal_handlers();
 
   } else {
+    // If UseOsErrorReporting we call this for each level of the call stack
+    // while searching for the exception handler.  Only the first level needs
+    // to be reported.
+    if (UseOSErrorReporting && log_done) return;
+
     // This is not the first error, see if it happened in a different thread
     // or in the same thread during error reporting.
     if (first_error_tid != mytid) {