diff -r 5a4b9e39ce51 -r a32b2fc66321 hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Fri Sep 24 00:52:04 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Thu Sep 30 12:05:08 2010 -0400
@@ -2898,6 +2898,9 @@
   // So that JDK version can be used as a discrimintor when parsing arguments
   JDK_Version_init();
 
+  // Update/Initialize System properties after JDK version number is known
+  Arguments::init_version_specific_system_properties();
+
   // Parse arguments
   jint parse_result = Arguments::parse(args);
   if (parse_result != JNI_OK) return parse_result;