diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
index f7c53a7187350c66f255d1a86f1532e8827f215a..4f2ef1d5d78f1db4273b611aa60c3be99438bf94 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -1666,6 +1666,11 @@ size_t G1CollectedHeap::used() const {
   return result;
 }
 
+size_t G1CollectedHeap::used_unlocked() const {
+  size_t result = _summary_bytes_used;
+  return result;
+}
+
 class SumUsedClosure: public HeapRegionClosure {
   size_t _used;
 public:
@@ -2349,7 +2354,7 @@ void G1CollectedHeap::print_on(outputStream* st) const {
 void G1CollectedHeap::print_on(outputStream* st, bool extended) const {
   st->print(" %-20s", "garbage-first heap");
   st->print(" total " SIZE_FORMAT "K, used " SIZE_FORMAT "K",
-            capacity()/K, used()/K);
+            capacity()/K, used_unlocked()/K);
   st->print(" [" INTPTR_FORMAT ", " INTPTR_FORMAT ", " INTPTR_FORMAT ")",
             _g1_storage.low_boundary(),
             _g1_storage.high(),
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
index 3dc60175986fefd36b4673fb2c83b9cfd574abde..2bf8b51299c9b38c0e482da422acc4c2ab9fbea9 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@ public:
   size_t g1_reserved_obj_bytes() { return _g1_reserved.byte_size(); }
   virtual size_t capacity() const;
   virtual size_t used() const;
+  // This should be called when we're not holding the heap lock. The
+  // result might be a bit inaccurate.
+  size_t used_unlocked() const;
   size_t recalculate_used() const;
 #ifndef PRODUCT
   size_t recalculate_used_regions() const;