--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/simpleThresholdPolicy.hpp	Fri Jul 15 15:35:50 2011 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/simpleThresholdPolicy.hpp	Wed Jul 20 18:04:17 2011 -0700
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     if (is_c2_compile(comp_level)) return c2_count();
     return 0;
   }
+  virtual CompLevel initial_compile_level() { return MIN2((CompLevel)TieredStopAtLevel, CompLevel_initial_compile); }
   virtual void do_safepoint_work() { }
   virtual void delay_compilation(methodOop method) { }
   virtual void disable_compilation(methodOop method) { }