diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index 6db5ff5820d0431c5b298502572c08bc76aee0fa..236a12726247125668918f3d751cce52ec9526a1 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1901,7 +1901,7 @@ bool Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency() {
 
   // Divide by bucket size to prevent a large size from causing rollover when
   // calculating amount of memory needed to be allocated for the String table.
-  status = status && verify_interval(StringTableSize, defaultStringTableSize,
+  status = status && verify_interval(StringTableSize, minimumStringTableSize,
     (max_uintx / StringTable::bucket_size()), "StringTable size");
 
   if (MinHeapFreeRatio > MaxHeapFreeRatio) {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp b/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp
index 52258981857ae8fcdb6289fbf3fd57fd3db8ba52..5609ffdf431402dbd9cb0c0e763583124c7e076c 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp
@@ -328,9 +328,10 @@ const int max_method_code_size = 64*K - 1;  // JVM spec, 2nd ed. section 4.8.1 (
 
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Minimum StringTableSize value
+// Default and minimum StringTableSize values
 
-const int defaultStringTableSize=1009;
+const int defaultStringTableSize = NOT_LP64(1009) LP64_ONLY(60013);
+const int minimumStringTableSize=1009;
 
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------