diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index 24a98be331f955586998688707e43356b0a25fa6..f850e05cbab6da2dcdb1a41a32847f27ac12c9de 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1485,14 +1485,6 @@ void Arguments::set_parallel_gc_flags() {
       }
     }
   }
-  if (UseNUMA) {
-    if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MinHeapDeltaBytes)) {
-      FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MinHeapDeltaBytes, 64*M);
-    }
-    // For those collectors or operating systems (eg, Windows) that do
-    // not support full UseNUMA, we will map to UseNUMAInterleaving for now
-    UseNUMAInterleaving = true;
-  }
 }
 
 void Arguments::set_g1_gc_flags() {
@@ -3332,6 +3324,22 @@ jint Arguments::parse(const JavaVMInitArgs* args) {
   return JNI_OK;
 }
 
+jint Arguments::adjust_after_os() {
+#if INCLUDE_ALTERNATE_GCS
+  if (UseParallelGC || UseParallelOldGC) {
+    if (UseNUMA) {
+      if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MinHeapDeltaBytes)) {
+        FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MinHeapDeltaBytes, 64*M);
+      }
+      // For those collectors or operating systems (eg, Windows) that do
+      // not support full UseNUMA, we will map to UseNUMAInterleaving for now
+      UseNUMAInterleaving = true;
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+  return JNI_OK;
+}
+
 int Arguments::PropertyList_count(SystemProperty* pl) {
   int count = 0;
   while(pl != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp
index 1dbb5eb2221b5ce462df4dd7b95767edb1f5c21e..5e0f0094498f49e392ca3e406a3098fa6ec1239d 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ class Arguments : AllStatic {
  public:
   // Parses the arguments
   static jint parse(const JavaVMInitArgs* args);
+  // Adjusts the arguments after the OS have adjusted the arguments
+  static jint adjust_after_os();
   // Check for consistency in the selection of the garbage collector.
   static bool check_gc_consistency();
   // Check consistecy or otherwise of VM argument settings
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
index 45c73408b8683570c3bcc8a76e158ff5862def88..653d8e5f82ac7ae20b69b2c704e69ef720bb27d9 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
@@ -3334,6 +3334,9 @@ jint Threads::create_vm(JavaVMInitArgs* args, bool* canTryAgain) {
   jint os_init_2_result = os::init_2();
   if (os_init_2_result != JNI_OK) return os_init_2_result;
 
+  jint adjust_after_os_result = Arguments::adjust_after_os();
+  if (adjust_after_os_result != JNI_OK) return adjust_after_os_result;
+
   // intialize TLS
   ThreadLocalStorage::init();