--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp	Thu Mar 05 16:43:26 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp	Fri Mar 06 09:07:33 2015 +0100
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
   void         empty_list();
   bool         is_empty() { return _length == 0; }
   uint         length() { return _length; }
+  uint         eden_length() { return length() - survivor_length(); }
   uint         survivor_length() { return _survivor_length; }
 
   // Currently we do not keep track of the used byte sum for the
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@
   // we'll report the more accurate information then.
   size_t       eden_used_bytes() {
     assert(length() >= survivor_length(), "invariant");
-    return (size_t) (length() - survivor_length()) * HeapRegion::GrainBytes;
+    return (size_t) eden_length() * HeapRegion::GrainBytes;
   }
   size_t       survivor_used_bytes() {
     return (size_t) survivor_length() * HeapRegion::GrainBytes;

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.cpp	Thu Mar 05 16:43:26 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.cpp	Fri Mar 06 09:07:33 2015 +0100
@@ -537,15 +537,12 @@
 
   // This is how many young regions we already have (currently: the survivors).
   uint base_min_length = recorded_survivor_regions();
-  // This is the absolute minimum young length, which ensures that we
-  // can allocate one eden region in the worst-case.
-  uint absolute_min_length = base_min_length + 1;
-  uint desired_min_length =
-                     calculate_young_list_desired_min_length(base_min_length);
-  if (desired_min_length < absolute_min_length) {
-    desired_min_length = absolute_min_length;
-  }
-
+  uint desired_min_length = calculate_young_list_desired_min_length(base_min_length);
+  // This is the absolute minimum young length. Ensure that we
+  // will at least have one eden region available for allocation.
+  uint absolute_min_length = base_min_length + MAX2(_g1->young_list()->eden_length(), (uint)1);
+  // If we shrank the young list target it should not shrink below the current size.
+  desired_min_length = MAX2(desired_min_length, absolute_min_length);
   // Calculate the absolute and desired max bounds.
 
   // We will try our best not to "eat" into the reserve.
@@ -1925,7 +1922,7 @@
   //   [Newly Young Regions ++ Survivors from last pause].
 
   uint survivor_region_length = young_list->survivor_length();
-  uint eden_region_length = young_list->length() - survivor_region_length;
+  uint eden_region_length = young_list->eden_length();
   init_cset_region_lengths(eden_region_length, survivor_region_length);
 
   HeapRegion* hr = young_list->first_survivor_region();