diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp
index 12a99921dd41d60898f4c2fef1037f7ecca65ee9..3c776f4b8b8c088b94eb9fba1cff62d6d14e77c4 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ ReferenceProcessorStats ReferenceProcessor::process_discovered_references(
     // Cleaner references to be temporary, and don't want to deal with
     // possible incompatibilities arising from making it more visible.
     phantom_count +=
-      process_discovered_reflist(_discoveredCleanerRefs, NULL, false,
+      process_discovered_reflist(_discoveredCleanerRefs, NULL, true,
                                  is_alive, keep_alive, complete_gc, task_executor);
   }