diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.cpp
index 5693f8eb8695b84b9636f7f7f03c97b8cc665a87..4aa11557e677685d8550c476f2c29fe09babc1b7 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/arrayKlass.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ objArrayOop arrayKlass::allocate_arrayArray(int n, int length, TRAPS) {
   }
   if (length > arrayOopDesc::max_array_length(T_ARRAY)) {
     report_java_out_of_memory("Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
+    JvmtiExport::post_array_size_exhausted();
     THROW_OOP_0(Universe::out_of_memory_error_array_size());
   }
   int size = objArrayOopDesc::object_size(length);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
index e20a6ed1a1a78f5ffc592bcbca88237f75a12e1d..eec2e2334a0eec2275bb35b323675e0d5d47d948 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ objArrayOop instanceKlass::allocate_objArray(int n, int length, TRAPS) {
   if (length < 0) THROW_0(vmSymbols::java_lang_NegativeArraySizeException());
   if (length > arrayOopDesc::max_array_length(T_OBJECT)) {
     report_java_out_of_memory("Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
+    JvmtiExport::post_array_size_exhausted();
     THROW_OOP_0(Universe::out_of_memory_error_array_size());
   }
   int size = objArrayOopDesc::object_size(length);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/objArrayKlass.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/objArrayKlass.cpp
index da9667dee7bb28a4226f2aea2dee0cfa6d0dae0b..79b1df24ff4adda88f567e5160bd16a58c49bfef 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/objArrayKlass.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/objArrayKlass.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ objArrayOop objArrayKlass::allocate(int length, TRAPS) {
       return a;
     } else {
       report_java_out_of_memory("Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
+      JvmtiExport::post_array_size_exhausted();
       THROW_OOP_0(Universe::out_of_memory_error_array_size());
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/typeArrayKlass.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/typeArrayKlass.cpp
index a3c58cd0ea3428823db091c627b0985bf4a3abd1..70aed0ddc6f8804c2e7a1280441535cb18ff0090 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/typeArrayKlass.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/typeArrayKlass.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ typeArrayOop typeArrayKlass::allocate_common(int length, bool do_zero, TRAPS) {
       return t;
     } else {
       report_java_out_of_memory("Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
+      JvmtiExport::post_array_size_exhausted();
       THROW_OOP_0(Universe::out_of_memory_error_array_size());
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.hpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.hpp
index 1bfefa05c99a16e1ee333e5b9485cc0b2993fe8d..31ee1ec93e873200ccaf0f1dcca05674b7fb8c4c 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ class JvmtiExport : public AllStatic {
       record_vm_internal_object_allocation(object);
     }
   }
+  inline static void post_array_size_exhausted() {
+    if (should_post_resource_exhausted()) {
+      post_resource_exhausted(JVMTI_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED_OOM_ERROR,
+                              "Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
+    }
+  }
 
   static void cleanup_thread             (JavaThread* thread) KERNEL_RETURN;