diff -r 72f1840531a4 -r 8911d8c0596f src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Thu Feb 18 10:44:14 2010 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Feb 26 16:40:55 2010 -0500
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@
   product(uintx, OldSize, ScaleForWordSize(4*M),                            \
           "Initial tenured generation size (in bytes)")                     \
                                                                             \
-  product(uintx, NewSize, ScaleForWordSize(4*M),                            \
+  product(uintx, NewSize, ScaleForWordSize(1*M),                            \
           "Initial new generation size (in bytes)")                         \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, MaxNewSize, max_uintx,                                     \