diff a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/DumpingWithNoCoops.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/DumpingWithNoCoops.java
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/DumpingWithNoCoops.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/DumpingWithNoCoops.java
@@ -70,20 +70,39 @@
     static HeapArgs[] heapArgsCases = {
         // InitialHeapSize, MinHeapSize, MaxHeapSize
         // all sizes are in the unit of GB
         // size of 0 means don't set the heap size
         new HeapArgs( 0, 0, 0),
-        new HeapArgs( 8, 0, 0),
-        new HeapArgs( 0, 8, 0),
-        new HeapArgs( 0, 0, 8),
-        new HeapArgs( 8, 8, 0),
-        new HeapArgs( 0, 8, 8),
-        new HeapArgs( 8, 0, 8),
-        new HeapArgs( 8, 8, 8),
+        new HeapArgs( 5, 3, 5),
+        new HeapArgs( 3, 5, 5),
+        new HeapArgs( 3, 3, 5),
+        new HeapArgs( 5, 5, 5),
         new HeapArgs( 2, 1, 33),
     };
 
+    static void checkExpectedMessages(HeapArgs ha, OutputAnalyzer output) throws Exception {
+        final int DUMPTIME_MAX_HEAP = 4; // 4 GB
+        if (ha.minSize > DUMPTIME_MAX_HEAP) {
+            output.shouldContain("Setting MinHeapSize to 4G for CDS dumping");
+        }
+        if (ha.initialSize > DUMPTIME_MAX_HEAP) {
+            output.shouldContain("Setting InitialHeapSize to 4G for CDS dumping");
+        }
+        if (ha.maxSize > DUMPTIME_MAX_HEAP) {
+            output.shouldContain("Setting MaxHeapSize to 4G for CDS dumping");
+        }
+    }
+
+    static boolean heapSizesCompatible(String stdout) {
+        if (stdout.contains("Initial heap size set to a larger value than the maximum heap size") ||
+            stdout.contains("Incompatible minimum and initial heap sizes specified") ||
+            stdout.contains("Incompatible minimum and maximum heap sizes specified")) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         final String noCoops = "-XX:-UseCompressedOops";
         final String logArg = "-Xlog:gc+heap=trace,cds=debug";
         JarBuilder.getOrCreateHelloJar();
         String appJar = TestCommon.getTestJar("hello.jar");
@@ -106,15 +125,28 @@
                 String[] heapSizes = heapArg.split(" ");
                 for (String heapSize : heapSizes) {
                     dumptimeArgs.add(heapSize);
                 }
                 output = TestCommon.dump(appJar, appClasses, dumptimeArgs.toArray(new String[0]));
-                output.shouldContain("Setting MaxHeapSize to 4G for CDS dumping");
+                checkExpectedMessages(ha, output);
             }
-            TestCommon.checkDump(output);
 
-            TestCommon.run("-cp", appJar,
-                        logArg, "-Xlog:class+load", noCoops, "Hello")
-                .assertNormalExit("Hello source: shared objects file");
+            boolean shouldProceed = true;
+            try {
+                TestCommon.checkDump(output);
+            } catch (java.lang.RuntimeException ex) {
+                String stdout = output.getStdout();
+                if (!heapSizesCompatible(stdout)) {
+                    System.out.println("Specified heap sizes are incompatible, dumping has failed.");
+                    shouldProceed = false;
+                } else {
+                    throw(ex);
+                }
+            }
+            if (shouldProceed) {
+                TestCommon.run("-cp", appJar,
+                            logArg, "-Xlog:class+load", noCoops, "Hello")
+                    .assertNormalExit("Hello source: shared objects file");
+            }
         }
     }
 }