--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/defNewGeneration.cpp	Fri Apr 09 13:08:34 2010 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/defNewGeneration.cpp	Tue Apr 13 13:52:10 2010 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2001-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -594,6 +594,10 @@
     _tenuring_threshold =
       age_table()->compute_tenuring_threshold(to()->capacity()/HeapWordSize);
 
+    // A successful scavenge should restart the GC time limit count which is
+    // for full GC's.
+    AdaptiveSizePolicy* size_policy = gch->gen_policy()->size_policy();
+    size_policy->reset_gc_overhead_limit_count();
     if (PrintGC && !PrintGCDetails) {
       gch->print_heap_change(gch_prev_used);
     }