diff --git a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp
index 8d7d4e36d2a5121296a12432bd2f5825a575b04d..b350e735788423753388b5d5edfa3af20ea1b67f 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp
@@ -3767,11 +3767,14 @@ bool GraphBuilder::try_inline_full(ciMethod* callee, bool holder_known, Bytecode
   }
 
   // now perform tests that are based on flag settings
-  if (callee->force_inline()) {
-    if (inline_level() > MaxForceInlineLevel) INLINE_BAILOUT("MaxForceInlineLevel");
-    print_inlining(callee, "force inline by annotation");
-  } else if (callee->should_inline()) {
-    print_inlining(callee, "force inline by CompileOracle");
+  if (callee->force_inline() || callee->should_inline()) {
+    if (inline_level() > MaxForceInlineLevel                    ) INLINE_BAILOUT("MaxForceInlineLevel");
+    if (recursive_inline_level(callee) > MaxRecursiveInlineLevel) INLINE_BAILOUT("recursive inlining too deep");
+
+    const char* msg = "";
+    if (callee->force_inline())  msg = "force inline by annotation";
+    if (callee->should_inline()) msg = "force inline by CompileOracle";
+    print_inlining(callee, msg);
   } else {
     // use heuristic controls on inlining
     if (inline_level() > MaxInlineLevel                         ) INLINE_BAILOUT("inlining too deep");
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index 7a6958f8fbc7482ebb8a754252c5fcd1b5c6c3f7..2e971e1f3bafb945a0e086c03c3396f32667abf8 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -2986,7 +2986,8 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
           "maximum number of nested recursive calls that are inlined")      \
                                                                             \
   develop(intx, MaxForceInlineLevel, 100,                                   \
-          "maximum number of nested @ForceInline calls that are inlined")   \
+          "maximum number of nested calls that are forced for inlining "    \
+          "(using CompilerOracle or marked w/ @ForceInline)")               \
                                                                             \
   product_pd(intx, InlineSmallCode,                                         \
           "Only inline already compiled methods if their code size is "     \