--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp	Mon Feb 22 14:30:59 2016
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp	Mon Feb 22 14:30:57 2016
@@ -325,6 +325,10 @@
   // We need to initialize large page support here because ergonomics takes some
   // decisions depending on large page support and the calculated large page size.
   large_page_init();
+
+  // VM version initialization identifies some characteristics of the
+  // the platform that are used during ergonomic decisions.
+  VM_Version::init_before_ergo();
 }
 
 void os::signal_init() {