diff --git a/runtime/jit/jit_code_cache.h b/runtime/jit/jit_code_cache.h
index 71f5cda..3fb5c70 100644
--- a/runtime/jit/jit_code_cache.h
+++ b/runtime/jit/jit_code_cache.h
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@
   static constexpr size_t kMaxCapacity = 64 * MB;
   // Put the default to a very low amount for debug builds to stress the code cache
   // collection.
-  static constexpr size_t kInitialCapacity = kIsDebugBuild ? 16 * KB : 64 * KB;
+  static constexpr size_t kInitialCapacity = kIsDebugBuild ? 4 * KB : 64 * KB;
+
+  // By default, do not GC until reaching 256KB.
+  static constexpr size_t kReservedCapacity = kInitialCapacity * 4;
 
   // Create the code cache with a code + data capacity equal to "capacity", error message is passed
   // in the out arg error_msg.