--- old/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.cpp	2013-08-22 13:03:58.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.cpp	2013-08-22 13:03:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@
 void G1CollectorPolicy::initialize_flags() {
   set_min_alignment(HeapRegion::GrainBytes);
   size_t card_table_alignment = GenRemSet::max_alignment_constraint(rem_set_name());
-  set_max_alignment(MAX2(card_table_alignment, min_alignment()));
+  size_t page_size = UseLargePages ? os::large_page_size() : os::vm_page_size();
+  set_max_alignment(MAX3(card_table_alignment, min_alignment(), page_size));
   if (SurvivorRatio < 1) {
     vm_exit_during_initialization("Invalid survivor ratio specified");
   }