--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Mon Nov 16 08:03:24 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Mon Nov 16 10:54:47 2015 +0100
@@ -3563,7 +3563,7 @@
                                                                             \
   product_pd(intx, CompilerThreadStackSize,                                 \
           "Compiler Thread Stack Size (in Kbytes)")                         \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
+          range(0, max_intx /(1 * K))                                       \
                                                                             \
   develop_pd(size_t, JVMInvokeMethodSlack,                                  \
           "Stack space (bytes) required for JVM_InvokeMethod to complete")  \

--- a/hotspot/test/runtime/CommandLine/OptionsValidation/TestOptionsWithRanges.java	Mon Nov 16 08:03:24 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/CommandLine/OptionsValidation/TestOptionsWithRanges.java	Mon Nov 16 10:54:47 2015 +0100
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@
         allOptionsAsMap.remove("ThreadStackSize");
 
         /*
+         * Remove the flag controlling the size of the stack because the
+         * flag has direct influence on the physical memory usage of
+         * the VM.
+         */
+        allOptionsAsMap.remove("CompilerThreadStackSize");
+
+        /*
          * Exclude MallocMaxTestWords as it is expected to exit VM at small values (>=0)
          */
         allOptionsAsMap.remove("MallocMaxTestWords");