diff --git a/src/java.base/unix/native/libjli/java_md_solinux.c b/src/java.base/unix/native/libjli/java_md_solinux.c
index f2dfcaeb4f..a07a205282 100755
--- a/src/java.base/unix/native/libjli/java_md_solinux.c
+++ b/src/java.base/unix/native/libjli/java_md_solinux.c
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ CreateExecutionEnvironment(int *pargc, char ***pargv,
 
 #ifdef AIX
     const char *mallocOptionsName = "MALLOCOPTIONS";
-    const char *mallocOptionsValue = "multiheap";
+    const char *mallocOptionsValue = "multiheap,considersize";
     if (setenv(mallocOptionsName, mallocOptionsValue, 0) != 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "setenv('MALLOCOPTIONS=multiheap') failed: performance may be affected\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "setenv('MALLOCOPTIONS=multiheap,considersize') failed: performance may be affected\n");
     }
 #endif