diff --git a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
index 94d7e3ed39d03f72828a81e10f63f364f89119d8..7ad3a28cbbe57f31cebdf4192a77f2825c12b60f 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -3014,7 +3014,9 @@ address get_stack_commited_bottom(address bottom, size_t size) {
 
   unsigned char vec[1];
   unsigned imin = 1, imax = pages + 1, imid;
-  int mincore_return_value;
+  int mincore_return_value = 0;
+
+  assert(imin <= imax, "Unexpected page size");
 
   while (imin < imax) {
     imid = (imax + imin) / 2;
diff --git a/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp b/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp
index 87fc56b2b585b6a48e899347a4b65a800d066df5..d95d33107e6c05053eee6d02b1487c3de162a12c 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -891,8 +891,16 @@ static void mmap_attach_shared(const char* user, int vmid, PerfMemory::PerfMemor
   FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, filename, mtInternal);
 
   // open the shared memory file for the give vmid
-  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, CHECK);
-  assert(fd != OS_ERR, "unexpected value");
+  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, THREAD);
+
+  if (fd == OS_ERR) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
+    ::close(fd);
+    return;
+  }
 
   if (*sizep == 0) {
     size = sharedmem_filesize(fd, CHECK);