diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp
index 8ef3c143c9ae166fa4bc04a710b77cef4b7ad6e3..2521bf1357428570bd824be66d7ceddc8beb488c 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp
@@ -3141,7 +3141,7 @@ void Metaspace::global_initialize() {
   MetaspaceGC::initialize();
 
   // Initialize the alignment for shared spaces.
-  int max_alignment = os::vm_page_size();
+  int max_alignment = os::vm_allocation_granularity();
   size_t cds_total = 0;
 
   MetaspaceShared::set_max_alignment(max_alignment);