diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index cdfa352328d13416c9e21de08921ab5b6b892611..07fe5929e4a41424212dae60f894e7061c28b5ff 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -2882,7 +2882,7 @@ 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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