--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/simpleThresholdPolicy.cpp	2013-10-21 11:47:07.855829164 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/simpleThresholdPolicy.cpp	2013-10-21 11:47:07.791829165 +0200
@@ -134,15 +134,19 @@
 }
 
 void SimpleThresholdPolicy::initialize() {
-  if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(CICompilerCount)) {
-    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(CICompilerCount, 3);
+  // No need to set number of compiler threads if the VM is started with -Xint
+  assert ((c1_count() == 0) && (c2_count() == 0), "Must be initialized to 0");
+  if (Arguments::mode() != Arguments::_int) {
+    if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(CICompilerCount)) {
+      FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(CICompilerCount, 3);
+    }
+    int count = CICompilerCount;
+    if (CICompilerCountPerCPU) {
+      count = MAX2(log2_intptr(os::active_processor_count()), 1) * 3 / 2;
+    }
+    set_c1_count(MAX2(count / 3, 1));
+    set_c2_count(MAX2(count - count / 3, 1));
   }
-  int count = CICompilerCount;
-  if (CICompilerCountPerCPU) {
-    count = MAX2(log2_intptr(os::active_processor_count()), 1) * 3 / 2;
-  }
-  set_c1_count(MAX2(count / 3, 1));
-  set_c2_count(MAX2(count - count / 3, 1));
 }
 
 void SimpleThresholdPolicy::set_carry_if_necessary(InvocationCounter *counter) {