diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index 88e59385098690de9ee1196840ceedca471f6807..d7de26b5cd4bc467d8ecb7b85765c6f74a524266 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -3574,7 +3574,7 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
           "Threshold at which tier 3 compilation is invoked (invocation "   \
           "minimum must be satisfied.")                                     \
                                                                             \
-  product(intx, Tier3BackEdgeThreshold,  7000,                              \
+  product(intx, Tier3BackEdgeThreshold,  60000,                             \
           "Back edge threshold at which tier 3 OSR compilation is invoked") \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, Tier4InvocationThreshold, 5000,                             \