diff -r fec854507832 -r 303a2149d371 hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Mon Mar 07 16:03:28 2011 -0500
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Fri Mar 11 21:19:15 2011 -0800
@@ -1026,8 +1026,9 @@
 }
 
 void Arguments::set_tiered_flags() {
+  // With tiered, set default policy to AdvancedThresholdPolicy, which is 3.
   if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(CompilationPolicyChoice)) {
-    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(CompilationPolicyChoice, 2);
+    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(CompilationPolicyChoice, 3);
   }
   if (CompilationPolicyChoice < 2) {
     vm_exit_during_initialization(