diff --git a/test/compiler/rtm/cli/TestUseRTMLockingOptionOnUnsupportedVM.java b/test/compiler/rtm/cli/TestUseRTMLockingOptionOnUnsupportedVM.java
index 07c6f936f73d83cbcd8b5f7f16f71d06a8c7e753..ad6e29f9b28ef63369a6d70524701c9777e6a3c2 100644
--- a/test/compiler/rtm/cli/TestUseRTMLockingOptionOnUnsupportedVM.java
+++ b/test/compiler/rtm/cli/TestUseRTMLockingOptionOnUnsupportedVM.java
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ public class TestUseRTMLockingOptionOnUnsupportedVM
                 "-XX:-UseRTMLocking");
         // verify that it is off by default
         CommandLineOptionTest.verifyOptionValueForSameVM("UseRTMLocking",
-                TestUseRTMLockingOptionOnUnsupportedVM.DEFAULT_VALUE);
+                TestUseRTMLockingOptionOnUnsupportedVM.DEFAULT_VALUE,
+                CommandLineOptionTest.UNLOCK_EXPERIMENTAL_VM_OPTIONS);
     }
 
     public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {