--- old/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp 2013-08-20 21:45:08.000000000 +0200 +++ new/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp 2013-08-20 21:45:08.000000000 +0200 @@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ if (should_try_gc) { bool succeeded; result = do_collection_pause(word_size, gc_count_before, &succeeded, - GCCause::_g1_inc_collection_pause); + GCCause::_allocation_failure); if (result != NULL) { assert(succeeded, "only way to get back a non-NULL result"); return result;