--- a/test/jdk/jdk/internal/platform/docker/MetricsMemoryTester.java	Thu Mar 21 17:38:41 2019 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/jdk/internal/platform/docker/MetricsMemoryTester.java	Thu Mar 21 14:40:04 2019 -0400
@@ -64,10 +64,15 @@
         long count = Metrics.systemMetrics().getMemoryFailCount();
 
         // Allocate 512M of data
-        long[][] longs = new long[64][];
-        for (int i = 1; i <= 64; i++) {
+        byte[][] bytes = new byte[64][];
+        for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
             try {
-                longs[i] = new long[8 * 1024 * 1024];
+                bytes[i] = new byte[8 * 1024 * 1024];
+                // Break out as soon as we see an increase in failcount
+                // to avoid getting killed by the OOM killer.
+                if (Metrics.systemMetrics().getMemoryFailCount() > count) {
+                    break;
+                }
             } catch (Error e) { // OOM error
                 break;
             }

--- a/test/jdk/jdk/internal/platform/docker/TestDockerMemoryMetrics.java	Thu Mar 21 17:38:41 2019 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/jdk/internal/platform/docker/TestDockerMemoryMetrics.java	Thu Mar 21 14:40:04 2019 -0400
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
                 new DockerRunOptions(imageName, "/jdk/bin/java", "MetricsMemoryTester");
         opts.addDockerOpts("--volume", Utils.TEST_CLASSES + ":/test-classes/")
                 .addDockerOpts("--memory=" + value)
+                .addJavaOpts("-Xmx" + value)
                 .addJavaOpts("-cp", "/test-classes/")
                 .addJavaOpts("--add-exports", "java.base/jdk.internal.platform=ALL-UNNAMED")
                 .addClassOptions("failcount");