diff --git a/jdk/test/com/sun/jdi/InstanceFilter.java b/jdk/test/com/sun/jdi/InstanceFilter.java
index a8d7da33ab9..0c9dc322cf5 100644
--- a/jdk/test/com/sun/jdi/InstanceFilter.java
+++ b/jdk/test/com/sun/jdi/InstanceFilter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2002, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, 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
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ public class InstanceFilter extends TestScaffold {
             return;
         }
         if (theThis == null) {
-            // This happens when the thread has exited.
+            // This happens when the thread has exited or when a
+            // static method is called. Setting an instance
+            // filter does not prevent this event from being
+            // emitted with a this that is null.
             methodEntryRequest.disable();
             return;
         }
@@ -138,6 +141,10 @@ public class InstanceFilter extends TestScaffold {
         EventRequestManager mgr = vm().eventRequestManager();
         methodEntryRequest = mgr.createMethodEntryRequest();
         methodEntryRequest.addInstanceFilter(theInstance);
+        // Thread filter is needed to prevent MethodEntry events
+        // to be emitted by the debugee when a static method
+        // is called on any thread.
+        methodEntryRequest.addThreadFilter(bpe.thread());
         methodEntryRequest.enable();
 
         listenUntilVMDisconnect();