diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
index a32945eb7157cdfd465c92cb0fe364d6b2578ffc..c609f10f6206f458cf1577895c5f6b41410b561d 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
@@ -2809,6 +2809,23 @@ bool CMSCollector::is_cms_reachable(HeapWord* addr) {
   }
 }
 
+
+void
+CMSCollector::print_on_error(outputStream* st) {
+  CMSCollector* collector = ConcurrentMarkSweepGeneration::_collector;
+  if (collector != NULL) {
+    CMSBitMap* bitmap = &collector->_markBitMap;
+    st->print_cr("Marking Bits: (CMSBitMap*) " PTR_FORMAT, bitmap);
+    bitmap->print_on_error(st, " Bits: ");
+
+    st->cr();
+
+    CMSBitMap* mut_bitmap = &collector->_modUnionTable;
+    st->print_cr("Mod Union Table: (CMSBitMap*) " PTR_FORMAT, mut_bitmap);
+    mut_bitmap->print_on_error(st, " Bits: ");
+  }
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // CMS Verification Support
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -6531,6 +6548,10 @@ void CMSBitMap::dirty_range_iterate_clear(MemRegion mr, MemRegionClosure* cl) {
   }
 }
 
+void CMSBitMap::print_on_error(outputStream* st, const char* prefix) const {
+  _bm.print_on_error(st, prefix);
+}
+
 #ifndef PRODUCT
 void CMSBitMap::assert_locked() const {
   CMSLockVerifier::assert_locked(lock());
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.hpp
index edb97487f25a8810067a2bc917f06abacc00d65d..aa84d7166701eba8add19290251214dfcaa801c3 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.hpp
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ class CMSBitMap VALUE_OBJ_CLASS_SPEC {
   size_t    heapWordToOffset(HeapWord* addr) const;
   size_t    heapWordDiffToOffsetDiff(size_t diff) const;
 
+  void print_on_error(outputStream* st, const char* prefix) const;
+
   // debugging
   // is this address range covered by the bit-map?
   NOT_PRODUCT(
@@ -984,6 +986,8 @@ class CMSCollector: public CHeapObj<mtGC> {
   CMSAdaptiveSizePolicy* size_policy();
   CMSGCAdaptivePolicyCounters* gc_adaptive_policy_counters();
 
+  static void print_on_error(outputStream* st);
+
   // debugging
   void verify();
   bool verify_after_remark();
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/concurrentMark.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/concurrentMark.cpp
index d9d70620e4776bb223ce862a1840490ac301e1ca..03086a3bfb692e8199d8cf880847e68658c714d8 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/concurrentMark.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/concurrentMark.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ bool CMBitMapRO::covers(ReservedSpace heap_rs) const {
 }
 #endif
 
+void CMBitMapRO::print_on_error(outputStream* st, const char* prefix) const {
+  _bm.print_on_error(st, prefix);
+}
+
 bool CMBitMap::allocate(ReservedSpace heap_rs) {
   _bmStartWord = (HeapWord*)(heap_rs.base());
   _bmWordSize  = heap_rs.size()/HeapWordSize;    // heap_rs.size() is in bytes
@@ -3277,6 +3281,13 @@ void ConcurrentMark::print_worker_threads_on(outputStream* st) const {
   }
 }
 
+void ConcurrentMark::print_on_error(outputStream* st) const {
+  st->print_cr("Marking Bits (Prev, Next): (CMBitMap*) " PTR_FORMAT ", (CMBitMap*) " PTR_FORMAT,
+      _prevMarkBitMap, _nextMarkBitMap);
+  _prevMarkBitMap->print_on_error(st, " Prev Bits: ");
+  _nextMarkBitMap->print_on_error(st, " Next Bits: ");
+}
+
 // We take a break if someone is trying to stop the world.
 bool ConcurrentMark::do_yield_check(uint worker_id) {
   if (should_yield()) {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/concurrentMark.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/concurrentMark.hpp
index 43554a5c991f57b10aa67376646047046f2dee5b..211a728e23e783897af43804a12f0ed2c1ccbdb7 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/concurrentMark.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/concurrentMark.hpp
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ class CMBitMapRO VALUE_OBJ_CLASS_SPEC {
     return res;
   }
 
+  void print_on_error(outputStream* st, const char* prefix) const;
+
   // debugging
   NOT_PRODUCT(bool covers(ReservedSpace rs) const;)
 };
@@ -829,6 +831,8 @@ public:
 
   void print_worker_threads_on(outputStream* st) const;
 
+  void print_on_error(outputStream* st) const;
+
   // The following indicate whether a given verbose level has been
   // set. Notice that anything above stats is conditional to
   // _MARKING_VERBOSE_ having been set to 1
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
index 610942585e7014748a7a64c8f9719bfc59295fc6..fdb602e7012a15227e222f673a34d7fe2c8ad724 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -3427,6 +3427,15 @@ void G1CollectedHeap::print_extended_on(outputStream* st) const {
   heap_region_iterate(&blk);
 }
 
+void G1CollectedHeap::print_on_error(outputStream* st) const {
+  this->CollectedHeap::print_on_error(st);
+
+  if (_cm != NULL) {
+    st->cr();
+    _cm->print_on_error(st);
+  }
+}
+
 void G1CollectedHeap::print_gc_threads_on(outputStream* st) const {
   if (G1CollectedHeap::use_parallel_gc_threads()) {
     workers()->print_worker_threads_on(st);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
index 557daf85eead73a6f6d7bf122f00322c319ee9e5..4fbf0ff367a183da5f5edbd53579e82c33448d76 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
@@ -1575,6 +1575,7 @@ public:
   virtual void verify(bool silent);
   virtual void print_on(outputStream* st) const;
   virtual void print_extended_on(outputStream* st) const;
+  virtual void print_on_error(outputStream* st) const;
 
   virtual void print_gc_threads_on(outputStream* st) const;
   virtual void gc_threads_do(ThreadClosure* tc) const;
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parMarkBitMap.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parMarkBitMap.hpp
index 38061a9dfc54962a70e7fe2d885d80b84d6c5fd1..fdc0febfa2130c954b5986c7547a1879f39c19a0 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parMarkBitMap.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parMarkBitMap.hpp
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ public:
   void reset_counters();
 #endif  // #ifndef PRODUCT
 
+  void print_on_error(outputStream* st) const {
+    st->print_cr("Marking Bits: (ParMarkBitMap*) " PTR_FORMAT, this);
+    _beg_bits.print_on_error(st, " Begin Bits: ");
+    _end_bits.print_on_error(st, " End Bits:   ");
+  }
+
 #ifdef  ASSERT
   void verify_clear() const;
   inline void verify_bit(idx_t bit) const;
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.cpp
index 5d77e31b6c8a8a6be078da6b03455b3741a8072e..9ea2fa856c339ad9cd73d3e3ebcebcfdc41efc9d 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.cpp
@@ -648,6 +648,15 @@ void ParallelScavengeHeap::print_on(outputStream* st) const {
   MetaspaceAux::print_on(st);
 }
 
+void ParallelScavengeHeap::print_on_error(outputStream* st) const {
+  this->CollectedHeap::print_on_error(st);
+
+  if (UseParallelOldGC) {
+    st->cr();
+    PSParallelCompact::print_on_error(st);
+  }
+}
+
 void ParallelScavengeHeap::gc_threads_do(ThreadClosure* tc) const {
   PSScavenge::gc_task_manager()->threads_do(tc);
 }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.hpp
index ebf554ac52cce5f0ce062b69adab0ef3db44065e..c0933fe16c6c536b9bdcf2e744e6b3e94d22cf89 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.hpp
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class ParallelScavengeHeap : public CollectedHeap {
 
   void prepare_for_verify();
   virtual void print_on(outputStream* st) const;
+  virtual void print_on_error(outputStream* st) const;
   virtual void print_gc_threads_on(outputStream* st) const;
   virtual void gc_threads_do(ThreadClosure* tc) const;
   virtual void print_tracing_info() const;
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp
index d3d29aaf9f40d424226a6e82f054bbd693c1f0ab..487a4e565534a767644348f4469a74118d1ee136 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ void SplitInfo::verify_clear()
 #endif  // #ifdef ASSERT
 
 
+void PSParallelCompact::print_on_error(outputStream* st) {
+  _mark_bitmap.print_on_error(st);
+}
+
 #ifndef PRODUCT
 const char* PSParallelCompact::space_names[] = {
   "old ", "eden", "from", "to  "
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.hpp
index d26f5b0b72e704345e59cf827bb057a93158df5b..68b54fb9b135c153c3751e7ba266ae2d9c570cd0 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.hpp
@@ -1163,6 +1163,8 @@ class PSParallelCompact : AllStatic {
   // Time since last full gc (in milliseconds).
   static jlong millis_since_last_gc();
 
+  static void print_on_error(outputStream* st);
+
 #ifndef PRODUCT
   // Debugging support.
   static const char* space_names[last_space_id];
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.hpp
index 7c63f8916b8db397a0d72bb562ffa914b4ceff60..88929343c08f99fda3c89046482448ecd741d02f 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/collectedHeap.hpp
@@ -567,6 +567,14 @@ class CollectedHeap : public CHeapObj<mtInternal> {
     print_on(st);
   }
 
+  virtual void print_on_error(outputStream* st) const {
+    st->print_cr("Heap:");
+    print_extended_on(st);
+    st->cr();
+
+    _barrier_set->print_on(st);
+  }
+
   // Print all GC threads (other than the VM thread)
   // used by this heap.
   virtual void print_gc_threads_on(outputStream* st) const = 0;
diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp
index 60f577a2cea22f147896db5cfc659f4723000cd9..f39631ae00b7c0665799fc5804d34ccfe7f97bc6 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -1133,6 +1133,17 @@ void GenCollectedHeap::print_gc_threads_on(outputStream* st) const {
 #endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
 }
 
+void GenCollectedHeap::print_on_error(outputStream* st) const {
+  this->CollectedHeap::print_on_error(st);
+
+#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
+  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC) {
+    st->cr();
+    CMSCollector::print_on_error(st);
+  }
+#endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
+}
+
 void GenCollectedHeap::print_tracing_info() const {
   if (TraceGen0Time) {
     get_gen(0)->print_summary_info();
diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.hpp b/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.hpp
index 4d79e24893c8cfa8add06854f7546e77cecf8adf..034511b9b556a0a7f9514562aa5f14149b1dbb1b 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.hpp
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ public:
   virtual void print_gc_threads_on(outputStream* st) const;
   virtual void gc_threads_do(ThreadClosure* tc) const;
   virtual void print_tracing_info() const;
+  virtual void print_on_error(outputStream* st) const;
 
   // PrintGC, PrintGCDetails support
   void print_heap_change(size_t prev_used) const;
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.cpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.cpp
index 0b12b1180792b086535404ee5e65db76c162aaab..152b40d39c1f49827ec605b84fa4227a3fb65816 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.cpp
@@ -516,6 +516,10 @@ BitMap::idx_t BitMap::count_one_bits() const {
   return sum;
 }
 
+void BitMap::print_on_error(outputStream* st, const char* prefix) const {
+  st->print_cr("%s[" PTR_FORMAT ", " PTR_FORMAT ")",
+      prefix, map(), (char*)map() + (size() >> LogBitsPerByte));
+}
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.hpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.hpp
index 2c0975f6728bf932edebb2a611f2ce3f442bb8b1..2486533ab86d9c878b056b4ea53db776dcc89cbc 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/bitMap.hpp
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ class BitMap VALUE_OBJ_CLASS_SPEC {
   bool is_full() const;
   bool is_empty() const;
 
+  void print_on_error(outputStream* st, const char* prefix) const;
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
  public:
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
index d8fe93b64f373823e8b8e5ecde5b77b71c2e5e4f..e1608cae9deea661a0070d839cbcef4831fff303 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
@@ -685,13 +685,7 @@ void VMError::report(outputStream* st) {
   STEP(190, "(printing heap information)" )
 
      if (_verbose && Universe::is_fully_initialized()) {
-       // Print heap information before vm abort. As we'd like as much
-       // information as possible in the report we ask for the
-       // extended (i.e., more detailed) version.
-       Universe::print_on(st, true /* extended */);
-       st->cr();
-
-       Universe::heap()->barrier_set()->print_on(st);
+       Universe::heap()->print_on_error(st);
        st->cr();
 
        st->print_cr("Polling page: " INTPTR_FORMAT, os::get_polling_page());