diff -r a48e16541e6b -r 606acabe7b5c src/share/vm/runtime/task.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/task.cpp	Sat Mar 22 00:26:48 2014 +0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/task.cpp	Thu Mar 20 17:49:27 2014 -0700
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
   _counter(0), _interval((int) interval_time) {
   // Sanity check the interval time
   assert(_interval >= PeriodicTask::min_interval &&
-         _interval <= PeriodicTask::max_interval &&
          _interval %  PeriodicTask::interval_gran == 0,
               "improper PeriodicTask interval time");
 }