--- old/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp Thu May 22 14:23:16 2014 +++ new/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp Thu May 22 14:23:16 2014 @@ -3095,7 +3095,7 @@ void Metaspace::global_initialize() { // Initialize the alignment for shared spaces. - int max_alignment = os::vm_page_size(); + int max_alignment = os::vm_allocation_granularity(); size_t cds_total = 0; MetaspaceShared::set_max_alignment(max_alignment);