diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psOldGen.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psOldGen.cpp
index 48e3ebb45c5f629f05f1102139d3666a7a7858c1..2cb3b35e09110db47c234e178bfd97c87ee213ab 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psOldGen.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psOldGen.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void PSOldGen::expand(size_t bytes) {
   }
 
   if (PrintGC && Verbose) {
-    if (success && GC_locker::is_active()) {
+    if (success && GC_locker::is_active_and_needs_gc()) {
       gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Garbage collection disabled, expanded heap instead");
     }
   }