diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
index 6ee33a61079..544eeabb5c2 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
@@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ WB_END
 WB_ENTRY(jboolean, WB_IsFrameDeoptimized(JNIEnv* env, jobject o, jint depth))
   bool result = false;
   if (thread->has_last_Java_frame()) {
+    ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
     RegisterMap reg_map(thread,
                         RegisterMap::UpdateMap::include,
                         RegisterMap::ProcessFrames::include,