diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/threads.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/threads.cpp
index 30c1ce042b7..689b3803cdc 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/threads.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/threads.cpp
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ void Threads::add(JavaThread* p, bool force_daemon) {
   ObjectSynchronizer::inc_in_use_list_ceiling();
 
   // Possible GC point.
-  Events::log(p, "Thread added: " INTPTR_FORMAT, p2i(p));
+  Events::log(Thread::current(), "Thread added: " INTPTR_FORMAT, p2i(p));
 
   // Make new thread known to active EscapeBarrier
   EscapeBarrier::thread_added(p);
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ void Threads::remove(JavaThread* p, bool is_daemon) {
   ObjectSynchronizer::dec_in_use_list_ceiling();
 
   // Since Events::log uses a lock, we grab it outside the Threads_lock
-  Events::log(p, "Thread exited: " INTPTR_FORMAT, p2i(p));
+  Events::log(Thread::current(), "Thread exited: " INTPTR_FORMAT, p2i(p));
 }
 
 // Operations on the Threads list for GC.  These are not explicitly locked,