diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
index 6549a1e288695786dd81240c380fda12776439bf..9a2fb02702afcb6ec792b146a0ccfaf05b8bed6a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
@@ -2716,6 +2716,10 @@ void CMSCollector::gc_epilogue(bool full) {
   bitMapLock()->unlock();
   releaseFreelistLocks();
 
+  if (!CleanChunkPoolAsync) {
+    Chunk::clean_chunk_pool();
+  }
+
   _between_prologue_and_epilogue = false;  // ready for next cycle
 }
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/defNewGeneration.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/defNewGeneration.cpp
index cbb6c38cfc31b5cc99e9e4d6bc44295053b2036a..c1a7051d78f480f64b9e8e5f30cb5969156cde3e 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/defNewGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/defNewGeneration.cpp
@@ -905,6 +905,10 @@ void DefNewGeneration::gc_epilogue(bool full) {
     to()->check_mangled_unused_area_complete();
   }
 
+  if (!CleanChunkPoolAsync) {
+    Chunk::clean_chunk_pool();
+  }
+
   // update the generation and space performance counters
   update_counters();
   gch->collector_policy()->counters()->update_counters();
diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp
index b9e4be40070b5edcef2177c43c776218ce5b950a..c1acb8d38933a42f26ba56f1c74df5c6732580b5 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -1384,6 +1384,10 @@ void GenCollectedHeap::gc_epilogue(bool full) {
   generation_iterate(&blk, false);  // not old-to-young.
   perm_gen()->gc_epilogue(full);
 
+  if (!CleanChunkPoolAsync) {
+    Chunk::clean_chunk_pool();
+  }
+
   always_do_update_barrier = UseConcMarkSweepGC;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index cfcd8ff728b8d09f4f6ac1f15f41c6d007187e30..be4991ab5394ac6bae6d583aaee474ab175ad5d4 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -444,6 +444,9 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
   product(bool, UsePPCLWSYNC, true,                                         \
           "Use lwsync instruction if true, else use slower sync")           \
                                                                             \
+  develop(bool, CleanChunkPoolAsync, falseInEmbedded,                       \
+          "Whether to clean the chunk pool asynchronously")                 \
+                                                                            \
   /* Temporary: See 6948537 */                                             \
   experimental(bool, UseMemSetInBOT, true,                                  \
           "(Unstable) uses memset in BOT updates in GC code")               \
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
index 72a3f51f9a9f99e62e3919bccca141f89f416d77..efad706b1043bde8acaebaebca8e6c2fffea27a8 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
@@ -3347,7 +3347,9 @@ jint Threads::create_vm(JavaVMInitArgs* args, bool* canTryAgain) {
   // Notify JVMTI agents that VM initialization is complete - nop if no agents.
   JvmtiExport::post_vm_initialized();
 
-  Chunk::start_chunk_pool_cleaner_task();
+  if (CleanChunkPoolAsync) {
+    Chunk::start_chunk_pool_cleaner_task();
+  }
 
   // initialize compiler(s)
   CompileBroker::compilation_init();