diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp
index 49ed1e8bcf0a695230f98c0516f9ff202829ed58..2e212995f3e2f8d89f93f796aba2e3d8c8e92293 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, 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
@@ -406,10 +406,10 @@
   develop(intx, WarmCallMaxSize, 999999,                                    \
           "size of the largest inlinable method")                           \
                                                                             \
-  product(intx, MaxNodeLimit, 65000,                                        \
+  product(intx, MaxNodeLimit, 80000,                                        \
           "Maximum number of nodes")                                        \
                                                                             \
-  product(intx, NodeLimitFudgeFactor, 1000,                                 \
+  product(intx, NodeLimitFudgeFactor, 2000,                                 \
           "Fudge Factor for certain optimizations")                         \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, UseJumpTables, true,                                        \
diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/chaitin.cpp b/src/share/vm/opto/chaitin.cpp
index 9d69b0f3b719d80637a76e72f2a1c3c34629f6f7..53ffc5732848540c3bfeaa63e434a2b447e8558c 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/chaitin.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/chaitin.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, 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
@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ void PhaseChaitin::Register_Allocate() {
     // Insert un-coalesced copies.  Visit all Phis.  Where inputs to a Phi do
     // not match the Phi itself, insert a copy.
     coalesce.insert_copies(_matcher);
+    if (C->failing()) {
+      return;
+    }
   }
 
   // After aggressive coalesce, attempt a first cut at coloring.
diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/coalesce.cpp b/src/share/vm/opto/coalesce.cpp
index 74618fb410cf50cfad795b69c4886c853380afda..60c88dc12ba1ed6622c1224bbb9ad85b26812201 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/coalesce.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/coalesce.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, 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
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ void PhaseAggressiveCoalesce::insert_copies( Matcher &matcher ) {
   _unique = C->unique();
 
   for( uint i=0; i<_phc._cfg._num_blocks; i++ ) {
+    C->check_node_count(NodeLimitFudgeFactor, "out of nodes in coalesce");
+    if (C->failing()) return;
     Block *b = _phc._cfg._blocks[i];
     uint cnt = b->num_preds();  // Number of inputs to the Phi
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/matcher.cpp b/src/share/vm/opto/matcher.cpp
index 91b4448c9bc007a794bf1ef30f3477e59b5d9bf7..c2084df52c950e40164d8c0d47393d0bc4860078 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/matcher.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/matcher.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, 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
@@ -985,6 +985,8 @@ Node *Matcher::xform( Node *n, int max_stack ) {
   mstack.push(n, Visit, NULL, -1);  // set NULL as parent to indicate root
 
   while (mstack.is_nonempty()) {
+    C->check_node_count(NodeLimitFudgeFactor, "too many nodes matching instructions");
+    if (C->failing()) return NULL;
     n = mstack.node();          // Leave node on stack
     Node_State nstate = mstack.state();
     if (nstate == Visit) {