diff -r ae13b6ad6c25 -r 2bf0d154311a hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c2_globals_sparc.hpp
--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c2_globals_sparc.hpp	Fri Feb 01 03:02:01 2013 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c2_globals_sparc.hpp	Fri Jan 25 16:31:47 2013 -0800
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #else
 define_pd_global(bool, ProfileInterpreter,           true);
 #endif // CC_INTERP
-define_pd_global(bool, TieredCompilation,            trueInTiered);
+define_pd_global(bool, TieredCompilation,            false);
 define_pd_global(intx, CompileThreshold,             10000);
 define_pd_global(intx, BackEdgeThreshold,            140000);