diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.cpp
index 879bce1130436f2f733e670c78b750cf00f0b13e..ff9402507c5b9ad3cd5843150f2a41981e22160c 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ const char* GCCause::to_string(GCCause::Cause cause) {
     case _wb_young_gc:
       return "WhiteBox Initiated Young GC";
 
+    case _update_allocation_context_stats:
+      return "Update Allocation Context Stats";
+
     case _no_gc:
       return "No GC";
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp
index 3104f678bfae847ce350e419dfc5aa6544f51934..3c7b6bc72aefaaccedc1ae81d4487b34dd767653 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class GCCause : public AllStatic {
     _heap_inspection,
     _heap_dump,
     _wb_young_gc,
+    _update_allocation_context_stats,
 
     /* implementation independent, but reserved for GC use */
     _no_gc,