diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
index 2f08c359b23..ca55da6383e 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -1799,8 +1799,8 @@ jint G1CollectedHeap::initialize() {
   // Create the G1ConcurrentMark data structure and thread.
   // (Must do this late, so that "max_regions" is defined.)
   _cm = new G1ConcurrentMark(this, prev_bitmap_storage, next_bitmap_storage);
-  if (_cm == NULL || !_cm->completed_initialization()) {
-    vm_shutdown_during_initialization("Could not create/initialize G1ConcurrentMark");
+  if (!_cm->completed_initialization()) {
+    vm_shutdown_during_initialization("Could not initialize G1ConcurrentMark");
     return JNI_ENOMEM;
   }
   _cm_thread = _cm->cm_thread();
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentRefine.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentRefine.cpp
index 7a8563f4576..3cf1907fd5a 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentRefine.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentRefine.cpp
@@ -72,11 +72,7 @@ jint G1ConcurrentRefineThreadControl::initialize(G1ConcurrentRefine* cr, uint nu
   _cr = cr;
   _num_max_threads = num_max_threads;
 
-  _threads = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY_RETURN_NULL(G1ConcurrentRefineThread*, num_max_threads, mtGC);
-  if (_threads == NULL) {
-    vm_shutdown_during_initialization("Could not allocate thread holder array.");
-    return JNI_ENOMEM;
-  }
+  _threads = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(G1ConcurrentRefineThread*, num_max_threads, mtGC);
 
   for (uint i = 0; i < num_max_threads; i++) {
     if (UseDynamicNumberOfGCThreads && i != 0 /* Always start first thread. */) {
@@ -303,13 +299,6 @@ G1ConcurrentRefine* G1ConcurrentRefine::create(jint* ecode) {
                                                   yellow_zone,
                                                   red_zone,
                                                   min_yellow_zone_size);
-
-  if (cr == NULL) {
-    *ecode = JNI_ENOMEM;
-    vm_shutdown_during_initialization("Could not create G1ConcurrentRefine");
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
   *ecode = cr->initialize();
   return cr;
 }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/heapRegionRemSet.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/heapRegionRemSet.cpp
index ef0a31b8d3c..b7babde2c49 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/heapRegionRemSet.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/heapRegionRemSet.cpp
@@ -92,14 +92,7 @@ OtherRegionsTable::OtherRegionsTable(Mutex* m) :
     _fine_eviction_stride = _max_fine_entries / _fine_eviction_sample_size;
   }
 
-  _fine_grain_regions = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY3(PerRegionTablePtr, _max_fine_entries,
-                        mtGC, CURRENT_PC, AllocFailStrategy::RETURN_NULL);
-
-  if (_fine_grain_regions == NULL) {
-    vm_exit_out_of_memory(sizeof(void*)*_max_fine_entries, OOM_MALLOC_ERROR,
-                          "Failed to allocate _fine_grain_entries.");
-  }
-
+  _fine_grain_regions = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(PerRegionTablePtr, _max_fine_entries, mtGC);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < _max_fine_entries; i++) {
     _fine_grain_regions[i] = NULL;
   }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/asPSYoungGen.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/asPSYoungGen.cpp
index 30e7580e09a..279c93efd48 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/asPSYoungGen.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/asPSYoungGen.cpp
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ void ASPSYoungGen::initialize_virtual_space(ReservedSpace rs,
   assert(_init_gen_size != 0, "Should have a finite size");
   _virtual_space = new PSVirtualSpaceHighToLow(rs, alignment);
   if (!_virtual_space->expand_by(_init_gen_size)) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not reserve enough space for "
-                                  "object heap");
+    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not reserve enough space for object heap");
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psCompactionManager.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psCompactionManager.cpp
index 7eb9a51fecc..f5cf79916d5 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psCompactionManager.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psCompactionManager.cpp
@@ -78,16 +78,12 @@ void ParCompactionManager::initialize(ParMarkBitMap* mbm) {
   _manager_array = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(ParCompactionManager*, parallel_gc_threads+1, mtGC);
 
   _oop_task_queues = new OopTaskQueueSet(parallel_gc_threads);
-  guarantee(_oop_task_queues != NULL, "Could not allocate oop task queues");
   _objarray_task_queues = new ObjArrayTaskQueueSet(parallel_gc_threads);
-  guarantee(_objarray_task_queues != NULL, "Could not allocate objarray task queues");
   _region_task_queues = new RegionTaskQueueSet(parallel_gc_threads);
-  guarantee(_region_task_queues != NULL, "Could not allocate region task queues");
 
   // Create and register the ParCompactionManager(s) for the worker threads.
   for(uint i=0; i<parallel_gc_threads; i++) {
     _manager_array[i] = new ParCompactionManager();
-    guarantee(_manager_array[i] != NULL, "Could not create ParCompactionManager");
     oop_task_queues()->register_queue(i, _manager_array[i]->marking_stack());
     _objarray_task_queues->register_queue(i, &_manager_array[i]->_objarray_stack);
     region_task_queues()->register_queue(i, _manager_array[i]->region_stack());
@@ -96,8 +92,6 @@ void ParCompactionManager::initialize(ParMarkBitMap* mbm) {
   // The VMThread gets its own ParCompactionManager, which is not available
   // for work stealing.
   _manager_array[parallel_gc_threads] = new ParCompactionManager();
-  guarantee(_manager_array[parallel_gc_threads] != NULL,
-    "Could not create ParCompactionManager");
   assert(ParallelScavengeHeap::heap()->workers().total_workers() != 0,
     "Not initialized?");
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psOldGen.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psOldGen.cpp
index faa7d90c7d4..e5998186576 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psOldGen.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psOldGen.cpp
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@ void PSOldGen::initialize_work(const char* perf_data_name, int level) {
   //
 
   _object_space = new MutableSpace(virtual_space()->alignment());
-
-  if (_object_space == NULL)
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate an old gen space");
-
   object_space()->initialize(cmr,
                              SpaceDecorator::Clear,
                              SpaceDecorator::Mangle);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psPromotionManager.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psPromotionManager.cpp
index 65af61505c0..9729998b940 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psPromotionManager.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psPromotionManager.cpp
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ void PSPromotionManager::initialize() {
   // and make sure that the first instance starts at a cache line.
   assert(_manager_array == NULL, "Attempt to initialize twice");
   _manager_array = PaddedArray<PSPromotionManager, mtGC>::create_unfreeable(promotion_manager_num);
-  guarantee(_manager_array != NULL, "Could not initialize promotion manager");
 
   _stack_array_depth = new OopStarTaskQueueSet(ParallelGCThreads);
-  guarantee(_stack_array_depth != NULL, "Could not initialize promotion manager");
 
   // Create and register the PSPromotionManager(s) for the worker threads.
   for(uint i=0; i<ParallelGCThreads; i++) {
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ void PSPromotionManager::initialize() {
 
   assert(_preserved_marks_set == NULL, "Attempt to initialize twice");
   _preserved_marks_set = new PreservedMarksSet(true /* in_c_heap */);
-  guarantee(_preserved_marks_set != NULL, "Could not initialize preserved marks set");
   _preserved_marks_set->init(promotion_manager_num);
   for (uint i = 0; i < promotion_manager_num; i += 1) {
     _manager_array[i].register_preserved_marks(_preserved_marks_set->get(i));
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psYoungGen.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psYoungGen.cpp
index e98db1c0712..b6d252629f6 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psYoungGen.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psYoungGen.cpp
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ void PSYoungGen::initialize_work() {
   _from_space = new MutableSpace(virtual_space()->alignment());
   _to_space   = new MutableSpace(virtual_space()->alignment());
 
-  if (_eden_space == NULL || _from_space == NULL || _to_space == NULL) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate a young gen space");
-  }
-
   // Generation Counters - generation 0, 3 subspaces
   _gen_counters = new PSGenerationCounters("new", 0, 3, _min_gen_size,
                                            _max_gen_size, _virtual_space);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/serial/defNewGeneration.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/serial/defNewGeneration.cpp
index d4429d6ebcc..06bb7c21971 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/serial/defNewGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/serial/defNewGeneration.cpp
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ DefNewGeneration::DefNewGeneration(ReservedSpace rs,
   _from_space = new ContiguousSpace();
   _to_space   = new ContiguousSpace();
 
-  if (_eden_space == NULL || _from_space == NULL || _to_space == NULL) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate a new gen space");
-  }
-
   // Compute the maximum eden and survivor space sizes. These sizes
   // are computed assuming the entire reserved space is committed.
   // These values are exported as performance counters.
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardGeneration.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardGeneration.cpp
index fac2fe92279..361770fcdfd 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardGeneration.cpp
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ CardGeneration::CardGeneration(ReservedSpace rs,
                                     heap_word_size(initial_byte_size));
   MemRegion committed_mr(start, heap_word_size(initial_byte_size));
   _rs->resize_covered_region(committed_mr);
-  if (_bts == NULL) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate a BlockOffsetArray");
-  }
 
   // Verify that the start and end of this generation is the start of a card.
   // If this wasn't true, a single card could span more than on generation,
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp
index f1061ea1093..28d20d4e29e 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ CardTable::CardTable(MemRegion whole_heap, bool conc_scan) :
 
   assert(card_size <= 512, "card_size must be less than 512"); // why?
 
-  _covered   = new MemRegion[_max_covered_regions];
+  _covered = new MemRegion[_max_covered_regions];
   if (_covered == NULL) {
     vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate card table covered region set.");
   }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTableRS.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTableRS.cpp
index 285fd662cef..2b16a8b70e9 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTableRS.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTableRS.cpp
@@ -579,11 +579,7 @@ CardTableRS::CardTableRS(MemRegion whole_heap, bool scanned_concurrently) :
   // max_gens is really GenCollectedHeap::heap()->gen_policy()->number_of_generations()
   // (which is always 2, young & old), but GenCollectedHeap has not been initialized yet.
   uint max_gens = 2;
-  _last_cur_val_in_gen = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY3(CardValue, max_gens + 1,
-                         mtGC, CURRENT_PC, AllocFailStrategy::RETURN_NULL);
-  if (_last_cur_val_in_gen == NULL) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not create last_cur_val_in_gen array.");
-  }
+  _last_cur_val_in_gen = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(CardValue, max_gens + 1, mtGC);
   for (uint i = 0; i < max_gens + 1; i++) {
     _last_cur_val_in_gen[i] = clean_card_val();
   }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/generation.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/generation.cpp
index 492bd823d4e..9bbe80f258f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/generation.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/generation.cpp
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ void Generation::ref_processor_init() {
   assert(!_reserved.is_empty(), "empty generation?");
   _span_based_discoverer.set_span(_reserved);
   _ref_processor = new ReferenceProcessor(&_span_based_discoverer);    // a vanilla reference processor
-  if (_ref_processor == NULL) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate ReferenceProcessor object");
-  }
 }
 
 void Generation::print() const { print_on(tty); }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/referenceProcessor.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/referenceProcessor.cpp
index 07c25b30f6b..4dde12e4f8d 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/referenceProcessor.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/referenceProcessor.cpp
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ void ReferenceProcessor::init_statics() {
   } else {
     _default_soft_ref_policy = new LRUCurrentHeapPolicy();
   }
-  if (_always_clear_soft_ref_policy == NULL || _default_soft_ref_policy == NULL) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate reference policy object");
-  }
   guarantee(RefDiscoveryPolicy == ReferenceBasedDiscovery ||
             RefDiscoveryPolicy == ReferentBasedDiscovery,
             "Unrecognized RefDiscoveryPolicy");