diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiImpl.hpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiImpl.hpp
index fc502c7387d961cc8b57a3ae3d33367453439872..c1e4b81b66e9b0b5ee83f1052cdcc98d80703046 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiImpl.hpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public:
   static inline bool is_breakpoint(address bcp);
 
   static void oops_do(OopClosure* f);
-  static void metadata_do(void f(Metadata*));
+  static void metadata_do(void f(Metadata*)) NOT_JVMTI_RETURN;
   static void gc_epilogue();
 };