src/share/vm/runtime/compilationPolicy.cpp

*** 197,206 ****
--- 197,211 ----
  // - if only COMPILER1 is defined (client build), zero should be returned for
  //   the c2 level.
  // - if neither is defined - always return zero.
  int NonTieredCompPolicy::compiler_count(CompLevel comp_level) {
    assert(!TieredCompilation, "This policy should not be used with TieredCompilation");
+   // No need for compiler threads if the VM is started with -Xint
+   if (Arguments::mode() == Arguments::_int) {
+     return 0;
+   }
+ 
  #ifdef COMPILER2
    if (is_c2_compile(comp_level)) {
      return _compiler_count;
    } else {
      return 0;