diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/math/BigInteger.java b/src/share/classes/java/math/BigInteger.java
index f5bf079e4fac7b726e3183f468c6cc8423dc39f9..79291ee34d25020a1c6212443c710312904a5b11 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/math/BigInteger.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/math/BigInteger.java
@@ -244,12 +244,20 @@ public class BigInteger extends Number implements Comparable<BigInteger> {
 
     /**
      * The threshold value for using Burnikel-Ziegler division.  If the number
-     * of ints in the number are larger than this value,
-     * Burnikel-Ziegler division will be used.   This value is found
-     * experimentally to work well.
+     * of ints in the divisor are larger than this value, Burnikel-Ziegler
+     * division may be used.  This value is found experimentally to work well.
      */
     static final int BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD = 80;
 
+    /**
+     * The offset value for using Burnikel-Ziegler division.  If the number
+     * of ints in the divisor exceeds the Burnikel-Ziegler threshold, and the
+     * number of ints in the dividend is greater than the number of ints in the
+     * divisor plus this value, Burnikel-Ziegler division will be used.  This
+     * value is found experimentally to work well.
+     */
+    static final int BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_OFFSET = 40;
+
     /**
      * The threshold value for using Schoenhage recursive base conversion. If
      * the number of ints in the number are larger than this value,
@@ -2017,8 +2025,8 @@ public class BigInteger extends Number implements Comparable<BigInteger> {
      * @throws ArithmeticException if {@code val} is zero.
      */
     public BigInteger divide(BigInteger val) {
-        if (mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD ||
-                val.mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD) {
+        if (val.mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD ||
+                mag.length - val.mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_OFFSET) {
             return divideKnuth(val);
         } else {
             return divideBurnikelZiegler(val);
@@ -2054,8 +2062,8 @@ public class BigInteger extends Number implements Comparable<BigInteger> {
      * @throws ArithmeticException if {@code val} is zero.
      */
     public BigInteger[] divideAndRemainder(BigInteger val) {
-        if (mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD ||
-                val.mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD) {
+        if (val.mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD ||
+                mag.length - val.mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_OFFSET) {
             return divideAndRemainderKnuth(val);
         } else {
             return divideAndRemainderBurnikelZiegler(val);
@@ -2083,8 +2091,8 @@ public class BigInteger extends Number implements Comparable<BigInteger> {
      * @throws ArithmeticException if {@code val} is zero.
      */
     public BigInteger remainder(BigInteger val) {
-        if (mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD ||
-                val.mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD) {
+        if (val.mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD ||
+                mag.length - val.mag.length < BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_OFFSET) {
             return remainderKnuth(val);
         } else {
             return remainderBurnikelZiegler(val);
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/math/MutableBigInteger.java b/src/share/classes/java/math/MutableBigInteger.java
index bc4e484134479555bfd2352463c6381a8921596c..5bb5c37d9d71cb1967b4258f5205645629ba13da 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/math/MutableBigInteger.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/math/MutableBigInteger.java
@@ -1148,8 +1148,8 @@ class MutableBigInteger {
     }
 
     MutableBigInteger divide(MutableBigInteger b, MutableBigInteger quotient, boolean needRemainder) {
-        if (intLen < BigInteger.BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD ||
-                b.intLen < BigInteger.BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD) {
+        if (b.intLen < BigInteger.BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_THRESHOLD ||
+                intLen - b.intLen < BigInteger.BURNIKEL_ZIEGLER_OFFSET) {
             return divideKnuth(b, quotient, needRemainder);
         } else {
             return divideAndRemainderBurnikelZiegler(b, quotient);