--- a/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp	Tue Apr 01 14:09:03 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/perfMemory_linux.cpp	Tue Apr 01 13:57:07 2014 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -891,16 +891,8 @@
   FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, filename, mtInternal);
 
   // open the shared memory file for the give vmid
-  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, THREAD);
-
-  if (fd == OS_ERR) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
-    ::close(fd);
-    return;
-  }
+  fd = open_sharedmem_file(rfilename, file_flags, CHECK);
+  assert(fd != OS_ERR, "unexpected value");
 
   if (*sizep == 0) {
     size = sharedmem_filesize(fd, CHECK);