diff -r 3d60c34b14ca -r a034dc5e910b src/share/vm/services/management.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/services/management.cpp	Thu Jan 30 14:05:07 2014 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/services/management.cpp	Wed Jan 29 23:17:05 2014 +0100
@@ -1830,6 +1830,18 @@
     succeed = CommandLineFlags::intxAtPut(name, &ivalue, Flag::MANAGEMENT);
   } else if (flag->is_uintx()) {
     uintx uvalue = (uintx)new_value.j;
+
+    if (strncmp(name, "MaxHeapFreeRatio", 17) == 0) {
+      FormatBuffer<80> err_msg("");
+      if (!Arguments::verify_MaxHeapFreeRatio(err_msg, uvalue)) {
+        THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), err_msg.buffer());
+      }
+    } else if (strncmp(name, "MinHeapFreeRatio", 17) == 0) {
+      FormatBuffer<80> err_msg("");
+      if (!Arguments::verify_MinHeapFreeRatio(err_msg, uvalue)) {
+        THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), err_msg.buffer());
+      }
+    }
     succeed = CommandLineFlags::uintxAtPut(name, &uvalue, Flag::MANAGEMENT);
   } else if (flag->is_uint64_t()) {
     uint64_t uvalue = (uint64_t)new_value.j;