diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jdb/exclude/exclude001/exclude001a.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jdb/exclude/exclude001/exclude001a.java
index b1283935290..f2f09573b72 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jdb/exclude/exclude001/exclude001a.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jdb/exclude/exclude001/exclude001a.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ import java.util.*;
 /* This is debuggee aplication */
 public class exclude001a {
     public static void main(String args[]) {
-       exclude001a _exclude001a = new exclude001a();
-       System.exit(exclude001.JCK_STATUS_BASE + _exclude001a.runIt(args, System.out));
+        // The following will cause intialization of a bunch of classes before we
+        // enable MethoEntry/Exit events, which would otherwise result in long test runs.
+        // See JDK-8375062. Also see MyThread.run() below, which is where this came from.
+        String caltype = GregorianCalendar.getInstance().getCalendarType();
+
+        exclude001a _exclude001a = new exclude001a();
+        System.exit(exclude001.JCK_STATUS_BASE + _exclude001a.runIt(args, System.out));
     }
 
     static void lastBreak () {}