diff --git a/test/tools/javac/diags/CheckExamples.java b/test/tools/javac/diags/CheckExamples.java
index b29c5447b97fd0e907b3e9761105b6d349bb3a5c..648f9833e6c42cb8c19449448c040905da9ebf5d 100644
--- a/test/tools/javac/diags/CheckExamples.java
+++ b/test/tools/javac/diags/CheckExamples.java
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@
 
 /*
  * @test
- * @bug 6968063
+ * @bug 6968063, 7127924
  * @summary provide examples of code that generate diagnostics
  * @build Example CheckExamples
- * @run main CheckExamples
+ * @run main/othervm CheckExamples
+ */
+/*
+ *      See CR 7127924 for info on why othervm is used.
  */
 
 import java.io.*;
diff --git a/test/tools/javac/diags/MessageInfo.java b/test/tools/javac/diags/MessageInfo.java
index 885183cd1d8cc14f9ec7a9861e2107b91e5e84f6..8e40670efca74641aca0c452fe5d012cafdd9914 100644
--- a/test/tools/javac/diags/MessageInfo.java
+++ b/test/tools/javac/diags/MessageInfo.java
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@
 
 /**
  * @test
- * @bug 7013272
+ * @bug 7013272, 7127924
  * @summary Automatically generate info about how compiler resource keys are used
  * @build Example ArgTypeCompilerFactory MessageFile MessageInfo
- * @run main MessageInfo
+ * @run main/othervm MessageInfo
+ */
+/*
+ *      See CR 7127924 for info on why othervm is used.
  */
 
 import java.io.*;
diff --git a/test/tools/javac/diags/RunExamples.java b/test/tools/javac/diags/RunExamples.java
index e4234d53a3bba1a6f0aa27f8105edc9f8a7bed09..c09947cdf3ee996cd747a59d98e7e30624f36452 100644
--- a/test/tools/javac/diags/RunExamples.java
+++ b/test/tools/javac/diags/RunExamples.java
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@
 
 /**
  * @test
- * @bug 6968063
+ * @bug 6968063, 7127924
  * @summary provide examples of code that generate diagnostics
  * @build ArgTypeCompilerFactory Example HTMLWriter RunExamples
- * @run main RunExamples
+ * @run main/othervm RunExamples
+ */
+/*
+ *      See CR 7127924 for info on why othervm is used.
  */
 
 import java.io.*;