diff -r 3c048df3ef8b -r ee019285a52c src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu Aug 07 18:09:12 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Mon Aug 04 10:48:10 2014 -0700
@@ -1398,6 +1398,22 @@
                 (int)ObjectAlignmentInBytes, os::vm_page_size());
     return false;
   }
+  if(SurvivorAlignmentInBytes == 0) {
+    SurvivorAlignmentInBytes = ObjectAlignmentInBytes;
+  } else {
+    if (!is_power_of_2(SurvivorAlignmentInBytes)) {
+      jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
+            "error: SurvivorAlignmentInBytes=%d must be power of 2\n",
+            (int)SurvivorAlignmentInBytes);
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (SurvivorAlignmentInBytes < ObjectAlignmentInBytes) {
+      jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
+          "error: SurvivorAlignmentInBytes=%d must be greater than ObjectAlignmentInBytes=%d \n",
+          (int)SurvivorAlignmentInBytes, (int)ObjectAlignmentInBytes);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
   return true;
 }