diff -r 858c03297679 MMTk/src/org/mmtk/plan/generational/Gen.java
--- a/MMTk/src/org/mmtk/plan/generational/Gen.java	Thu Jul 21 18:01:17 2011 +1000
+++ b/MMTk/src/org/mmtk/plan/generational/Gen.java	Fri Dec 02 22:47:43 2011 +1100
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
    * @return Is current GC only collecting objects allocated since last GC.
    */
   public final boolean isCurrentGCNursery() {
-    return !gcFullHeap;
+    return !(IGNORE_REMSETS || gcFullHeap);
   }
 
   /**