--- a/src/hotspot/share/memory/metaspace/settings.cpp	Wed Sep 25 12:40:57 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/memory/metaspace/settings.cpp	Fri Sep 27 19:01:21 2019 +0200
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
   // Since this has nothing to do with reclaiming, set it independently from the
   // strategy. This is rather arbitrarily choosen.
-  _enlarge_chunks_in_place = true;
+  _enlarge_chunks_in_place = MetaspaceEnlargeChunksInPlace;
   _enlarge_chunks_in_place_max_word_size = 256 * K;
 
   // Optionally, we can shepherd micro cld metaspace allocs to an own root chunk.