diff -r 3c0584fec1e6 -r e01e02a9fcb6 src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Sun Apr 28 18:24:04 2013 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Mon Apr 29 01:58:43 2013 -0700
@@ -1901,7 +1901,7 @@
 
   // Divide by bucket size to prevent a large size from causing rollover when
   // calculating amount of memory needed to be allocated for the String table.
-  status = status && verify_interval(StringTableSize, defaultStringTableSize,
+  status = status && verify_interval(StringTableSize, minimumStringTableSize,
     (max_uintx / StringTable::bucket_size()), "StringTable size");
 
   if (MinHeapFreeRatio > MaxHeapFreeRatio) {