diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
index d002edd48cd..68b5d8254fd 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -1671,8 +1671,9 @@ const int ObjectAlignmentInBytes = 8;
           "putback")                                                        \
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   /* new oopmap storage allocation */                                       \
-  develop(intx, MinOopMapAllocation,     8,                                 \
+  develop(int, MinOopMapAllocation, 8,                                      \
           "Minimum number of OopMap entries in an OopMapSet")               \
+          range(0, max_jint)                                                \
                                                                             \
   /* recompilation */                                                       \
   product_pd(intx, CompileThreshold,                                        \