diff -r 085b304a1cc5 -r cfd4aac53239 src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp	Thu Jan 23 12:08:28 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp	Mon Jan 27 13:14:53 2014 +0100
@@ -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;