diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
index ba5471b2eb1..561dd0c7782 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1520,6 +1520,7 @@ void Arguments::set_use_compressed_oops() {
 // set_use_compressed_oops().
 void Arguments::set_use_compressed_klass_ptrs() {
 #ifdef _LP64
+  FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(UseCompressedClassPointers, false);
   // On some architectures, the use of UseCompressedClassPointers implies the use of
   // UseCompressedOops. The reason is that the rheap_base register of said platforms
   // is reused to perform some optimized spilling, in order to use rheap_base as a