diff -r 11de092bcc5a -r f40a73b61b5e src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Tue Jul 30 09:26:47 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Tue Jul 30 09:56:18 2019 -0400
@@ -2339,11 +2339,11 @@
   product(uintx, StringTableSize, defaultStringTableSize,                   \
           "Number of buckets in the interned String table "                 \
           "(will be rounded to nearest higher power of 2)")                 \
-          range(minimumStringTableSize, 16777216ul)                         \
+          range(minimumStringTableSize, 16777216ul /* 2^24 */)              \
                                                                             \
   experimental(uintx, SymbolTableSize, defaultSymbolTableSize,              \
           "Number of buckets in the JVM internal Symbol table")             \
-          range(minimumSymbolTableSize, 111*defaultSymbolTableSize)         \
+          range(minimumSymbolTableSize, 16777216ul /* 2^24 */)              \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, UseStringDeduplication, false,                              \
           "Use string deduplication")                                       \