diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/compiler/compilationLog.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/compiler/compilationLog.cpp
index e9592415f3d..88bd29d6843 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/compiler/compilationLog.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/compiler/compilationLog.cpp
@@ -51,25 +51,24 @@ void CompilationLog::log_nmethod(JavaThread* thread, nmethod* nm) {
 
 void CompilationLog::log_failure(JavaThread* thread, CompileTask* task, const char* reason, const char* retry_message) {
   StringLogMessage lm;
+  stringStream sstr(lm.buffer(), lm.size());
   if (task == nullptr) {
-    lm.print("Id not known, task was 0;  COMPILE SKIPPED: %s", reason);
+    sstr.print("Id not known, task was 0;  COMPILE SKIPPED: %s", reason);
   } else {
-    lm.print("%4d   COMPILE SKIPPED: %s", task->compile_id(), reason);
+    sstr.print("%4d   COMPILE SKIPPED: %s", task->compile_id(), reason);
   }
   if (retry_message != nullptr) {
-    lm.append(" (%s)", retry_message);
+    sstr.print(" (%s)", retry_message);
   }
-  lm.print("\n");
   log(thread, "%s", (const char*)lm);
 }
 
 void CompilationLog::log_metaspace_failure(const char* reason) {
   // Note: This method can be called from non-Java/compiler threads to
   // log the global metaspace failure that might affect profiling.
-  ResourceMark rm;
   StringLogMessage lm;
-  lm.print("%4d   COMPILE PROFILING SKIPPED: %s", -1, reason);
-  lm.print("\n");
+  stringStream sstr(lm.buffer(), lm.size());
+  sstr.print("%4d   COMPILE PROFILING SKIPPED: %s", -1, reason);
   log(Thread::current(), "%s", (const char*)lm);
 }