diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahController.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahController.hpp
index bbce097b8e9..deca9644174 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahController.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahController.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ private:
   shenandoah_padding(1);
 
 protected:
-  const Mutex::Rank LOCK_RANK = Mutex::safepoint - 10;
+  const Mutex::Rank LOCK_RANK = Mutex::service;
 
   // While we could have a single lock for these, it may risk unblocking
   // GC waiters when alloc failure GC cycle finishes. We want instead