--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp	Wed Oct 22 22:37:06 2014 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp	Thu Oct 23 10:08:02 2014 -0700
@@ -3157,6 +3157,16 @@
     SharedMiscDataSize  = align_size_up(SharedMiscDataSize,  max_alignment);
     SharedMiscCodeSize  = align_size_up(SharedMiscCodeSize,  max_alignment);
 
+    // the min_misc_code_size estimate is based on MetaspaceShared::generate_vtable_methods()
+    uintx min_misc_code_size = align_size_up(
+      (MetaspaceShared::num_virtuals * MetaspaceShared::vtbl_list_size) *
+        (sizeof(void*) + MetaspaceShared::vtbl_method_size) + MetaspaceShared::vtbl_common_code_size,
+          max_alignment);
+
+    if (SharedMiscCodeSize < min_misc_code_size) {
+      report_out_of_shared_space(SharedMiscCode);
+    }
+
     // Initialize with the sum of the shared space sizes.  The read-only
     // and read write metaspace chunks will be allocated out of this and the
     // remainder is the misc code and data chunks.