diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/shell/ozone/ozone-functions.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/shell/ozone/ozone-functions.sh
index d9800cd3b4f..c646dfc65f2 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/shell/ozone/ozone-functions.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/shell/ozone/ozone-functions.sh
@@ -1525,8 +1525,8 @@ function ozone_add_default_gc_opts
     if [[ ! "$OZONE_OPTS" =~ "-XX" ]] ; then
       OZONE_OPTS="${OZONE_OPTS} -XX:ParallelGCThreads=8"
       if [[ "$java_major_version" -lt 15 ]]; then
-        OZONE_OPTS="${OZONE_OPTS} -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=70 -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled"
-        ozone_error "No '-XX:...' jvm parameters are set. Adding safer GC settings '-XX:ParallelGCThreads=8 -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=70 -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled' to the OZONE_OPTS"
+        OZONE_OPTS="${OZONE_OPTS} -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:NewRatio=3 -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=70 -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled"
+        ozone_error "No '-XX:...' jvm parameters are set. Adding safer GC settings '-XX:ParallelGCThreads=8 -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:NewRatio=3 -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=70 -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled' to the OZONE_OPTS"
       else
         ozone_error "No '-XX:...' jvm parameters are set. Adding safer GC settings '-XX:ParallelGCThreads=8' to the OZONE_OPTS"
       fi