diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceRefKlass.inline.hpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceRefKlass.inline.hpp
index 9768132e600..95d1b385f36 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceRefKlass.inline.hpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceRefKlass.inline.hpp
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ class AlwaysContains {
  public:
   template <typename T> bool operator()(T* p) const { return true; }
 };
-static AlwaysContains always_contains;
 
 template <bool nv, class OopClosureType>
 void InstanceRefKlass::oop_oop_iterate_ref_processing(oop obj, OopClosureType* closure) {
+  AlwaysContains always_contains;
   if (UseCompressedOops) {
     oop_oop_iterate_ref_processing_specialized<nv, narrowOop>(obj, closure, always_contains);
   } else {