diff --git a/bin/cassandra.in.sh b/bin/cassandra.in.sh
index 6a66de65e6..4ef263b5e0 100644
--- a/bin/cassandra.in.sh
+++ b/bin/cassandra.in.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ JVM_OPTS=" \
         -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC \
         -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled \
         -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError \
+        -XX:SurvivorRatio=128 \
+        -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=0 \
         -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=8080 \
         -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false \
         -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false"