diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/threadLocalAllocBuffer.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/threadLocalAllocBuffer.cpp
index f9b8694eb04..59d7befb32d 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/threadLocalAllocBuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/threadLocalAllocBuffer.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::ThreadLocalAllocBuffer() :
   // do nothing. TLABs must be inited by initialize() calls
 }
 
-size_t ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::initial_refill_waste_limit()     { return desired_size() / TLABRefillWasteFraction; }
+size_t ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::initial_refill_waste_limit() {
+  assert(TLABRefillWasteFraction != 0, "inv");
+  return desired_size() / TLABRefillWasteFraction;
+}
+
 size_t ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::min_size()                       { return align_object_size(MinTLABSize / HeapWordSize) + alignment_reserve(); }
 size_t ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::refill_waste_limit_increment()   { return TLABWasteIncrement; }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
index d1304133d63..b8b32d89c65 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1703,14 +1703,6 @@ bool Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency() {
   // Note: Needs platform-dependent factoring.
   bool status = true;
 
-  if (TLABRefillWasteFraction == 0) {
-    jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
-                "TLABRefillWasteFraction should be a denominator, "
-                "not %zu\n",
-                TLABRefillWasteFraction);
-    status = false;
-  }
-
   status = CompilerConfig::check_args_consistency(status);
 #if INCLUDE_JVMCI
   if (status && EnableJVMCI) {