--- a/jdk/test/java/math/BigInteger/BitLengthOverflow.java	Tue Apr 29 14:37:02 2014 +0200
+++ b/jdk/test/java/math/BigInteger/BitLengthOverflow.java	Tue Apr 29 09:42:16 2014 -0700
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
         } catch (ArithmeticException e) {
             // expected
             System.out.println("Overflow is reported by ArithmeticException, as expected");
+        } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
+            // possible
+            System.err.println("BitLengthOverflow skipped: OutOfMemoryError");
+            System.err.println("Run jtreg with -javaoption:-Xmx8g");
         }
     }
 }