diff -r a433eb716ce1 -r 62c54fcc0a35 src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp	Tue Mar 25 12:54:21 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp	Tue Mar 25 17:07:36 2014 -0700
@@ -816,6 +816,8 @@
     Universe::_collectedHeap = new GenCollectedHeap(gc_policy);
   }
 
+  ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::set_max_size(Universe::heap()->max_tlab_size());
+
   jint status = Universe::heap()->initialize();
   if (status != JNI_OK) {
     return status;