diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index c16f8866056a598d7f9e6eb24b445de930641b51..553d311c3dd73160eeec9e2fe190ad4633f55db2 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -2879,7 +2879,7 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
           "Max. no. of lines in the stack trace for Java exceptions "       \
           "(0 means all)")                                                  \
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-  NOT_EMBEDDED(develop(intx, GuaranteedSafepointInterval, 1000,             \
+  NOT_EMBEDDED(diagnostic(intx, GuaranteedSafepointInterval, 1000,          \
           "Guarantee a safepoint (at least) every so many milliseconds "    \
           "(0 means none)"))                                                \
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