diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index de596c1a8ba166795d17904a8497341849b2cbd6..fc1e488d516dd95e9e7099dd7d7a45524c14f02a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ void Arguments::set_tiered_flags() {
   }
   // Increase the code cache size - tiered compiles a lot more.
   if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(ReservedCodeCacheSize)) {
-    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(ReservedCodeCacheSize, ReservedCodeCacheSize * 2);
+    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(ReservedCodeCacheSize, ReservedCodeCacheSize * 5);
   }
 }