diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/services/mallocTracker.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/services/mallocTracker.cpp
index bddfcfffc08..0793ca6f4e9 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/services/mallocTracker.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/services/mallocTracker.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 
 size_t MallocMemorySummary::_snapshot[CALC_OBJ_SIZE_IN_TYPE(MallocMemorySnapshot, size_t)];
 
-#ifdef ASSERT
 void MemoryCounter::update_peak(size_t size, size_t cnt) {
   size_t peak_sz = peak_size();
   while (peak_sz < size) {
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ void MemoryCounter::update_peak(size_t size, size_t cnt) {
     }
   }
 }
-#endif // ASSERT
 
 // Total malloc'd memory used by arenas
 size_t MallocMemorySnapshot::total_arena() const {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/services/mallocTracker.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/services/mallocTracker.hpp
index 4088abd7005..10eb7e063f7 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/services/mallocTracker.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/services/mallocTracker.hpp
@@ -46,25 +46,20 @@ class MemoryCounter {
   volatile size_t   _count;
   volatile size_t   _size;
 
-#ifdef ASSERT
   // Peak size and count. Note: Peak count is the count at the point
   // peak size was reached, not the absolute highest peak count.
   volatile size_t _peak_count;
   volatile size_t _peak_size;
   void update_peak(size_t size, size_t cnt);
-#endif // ASSERT
 
  public:
-  MemoryCounter() : _count(0), _size(0) {
-    DEBUG_ONLY(_peak_count = 0;)
-    DEBUG_ONLY(_peak_size  = 0;)
-  }
+  MemoryCounter() : _count(0), _size(0), _peak_count(0), _peak_size(0) {}
 
   inline void allocate(size_t sz) {
     size_t cnt = Atomic::add(&_count, size_t(1), memory_order_relaxed);
     if (sz > 0) {
       size_t sum = Atomic::add(&_size, sz, memory_order_relaxed);
-      DEBUG_ONLY(update_peak(sum, cnt);)
+      update_peak(sum, cnt);
     }
   }
 
@@ -81,7 +76,7 @@ class MemoryCounter {
     if (sz != 0) {
       assert(sz >= 0 || size() >= size_t(-sz), "Must be");
       size_t sum = Atomic::add(&_size, size_t(sz), memory_order_relaxed);
-      DEBUG_ONLY(update_peak(sum, _count);)
+      update_peak(sum, _count);
     }
   }
 
@@ -89,11 +84,11 @@ class MemoryCounter {
   inline size_t size()  const { return Atomic::load(&_size);  }
 
   inline size_t peak_count() const {
-    return DEBUG_ONLY(Atomic::load(&_peak_count)) NOT_DEBUG(0);
+    return Atomic::load(&_peak_count);
   }
 
   inline size_t peak_size() const {
-    return DEBUG_ONLY(Atomic::load(&_peak_size)) NOT_DEBUG(0);
+    return Atomic::load(&_peak_size);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/services/memReporter.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/services/memReporter.cpp
index 3e2927a8bad..a277fec5c80 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/services/memReporter.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/services/memReporter.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void MemSummaryReporter::report_summary_of_type(MEMFLAGS flag,
 
      // report malloc'd memory
     if (amount_in_current_scale(malloc_memory->malloc_size()) > 0
-        DEBUG_ONLY(|| amount_in_current_scale(malloc_memory->malloc_peak_size()) > 0)) {
+        || amount_in_current_scale(malloc_memory->malloc_peak_size()) > 0) {
       print_malloc_line(malloc_memory->malloc_counter());
     }