--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	2015-06-05 16:15:25.580929970 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	2015-06-05 16:15:24.894287934 -0400
@@ -732,6 +732,8 @@
   if (StackTraceInThrowable) {
     java_lang_Throwable::fill_in_stack_trace(exception);
   }
+  // Increment counter for hs_err file reporting
+  Atomic::inc(&Exceptions::_stack_overflow_errors);
   throw_and_post_jvmti_exception(thread, exception);
 JRT_END