--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psMarkSweep.cpp	Fri Feb 21 09:48:52 2014 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psMarkSweep.cpp	Wed Mar 05 07:34:35 2014 -0800
@@ -280,6 +280,16 @@
       if (UseAdaptiveGenerationSizePolicyAtMajorCollection &&
           ((gc_cause != GCCause::_java_lang_system_gc) ||
             UseAdaptiveSizePolicyWithSystemGC)) {
+        // Swap the survivor spaces if from_space is empty. The
+        // resize_young_gen() called below is normally used after
+        // a successful young GC and swapping of survivor spaces;
+        // otherwise, it will fail to resize the young gen with
+        // the current implementation.
+        if (young_gen->from_space()->is_empty()) {
+          young_gen->from_space()->clear(SpaceDecorator::Mangle);
+          young_gen->swap_spaces();
+        }
+
         // Calculate optimal free space amounts
         assert(young_gen->max_size() >
           young_gen->from_space()->capacity_in_bytes() +
@@ -318,12 +328,8 @@
 
         heap->resize_old_gen(size_policy->calculated_old_free_size_in_bytes());
 
-        // Don't resize the young generation at an major collection.  A
-        // desired young generation size may have been calculated but
-        // resizing the young generation complicates the code because the
-        // resizing of the old generation may have moved the boundary
-        // between the young generation and the old generation.  Let the
-        // young generation resizing happen at the minor collections.
+        heap->resize_young_gen(size_policy->calculated_eden_size_in_bytes(),
+                               size_policy->calculated_survivor_size_in_bytes());
       }
       if (PrintAdaptiveSizePolicy) {
         gclog_or_tty->print_cr("AdaptiveSizeStop: collection: %d ",