--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/mutex.cpp	Thu Aug 01 21:34:57 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/mutex.cpp	Mon Aug 05 13:20:06 2013 +0200
@@ -1370,6 +1370,10 @@
     debug_only(if (rank() != Mutex::special) \
       thread->check_for_valid_safepoint_state(false);)
   }
+  if (thread->is_Watcher_thread()) {
+    assert(!WatcherThread::watcher_thread()->has_crash_protection(),
+        "locking not allowed when crash protection is set");
+  }
 }
 
 void Monitor::check_block_state(Thread *thread) {