diff -r 72b2233861f1 -r 9a576749065b hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/collectorPolicy.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/collectorPolicy.cpp	Fri Apr 19 11:08:52 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/collectorPolicy.cpp	Sun Apr 21 20:41:04 2013 -0700
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@
 }
 
 void MarkSweepPolicy::initialize_generations() {
-  _generations = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY3(GenerationSpecPtr, number_of_generations(), mtGC, 0, AllocFailStrategy::RETURN_NULL);
+  _generations = new GenerationSpecPtr[number_of_generations()];
   if (_generations == NULL)
     vm_exit_during_initialization("Unable to allocate gen spec");