diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Safepoint/TestAbortOnVMOperationTimeout.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Safepoint/TestAbortOnVMOperationTimeout.java
index a2c3f944db8..d14c9627314 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Safepoint/TestAbortOnVMOperationTimeout.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Safepoint/TestAbortOnVMOperationTimeout.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class TestAbortOnVMOperationTimeout {
                 "-XX:+AbortVMOnVMOperationTimeout",
                 "-XX:AbortVMOnVMOperationTimeoutDelay=" + delay,
                 "-Xmx256m",
+                "-XX:NewSize=64m",
                 "-XX:+UseSerialGC",
                 "-XX:-CreateCoredumpOnCrash",
                 "-Xlog:gc*=info",