diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index 96b66b1b7590151b26ccf6c040f90674a8859532..4baf31700baef611629ba360050a71ac1c6bf568 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -2929,7 +2929,7 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
   product(uintx, OldSize, ScaleForWordSize(4*M),                            \
           "Initial tenured generation size (in bytes)")                     \
                                                                             \
-  product(uintx, NewSize, ScaleForWordSize(4*M),                            \
+  product(uintx, NewSize, ScaleForWordSize(1*M),                            \
           "Initial new generation size (in bytes)")                         \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, MaxNewSize, max_uintx,                                     \