diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index ccd1e01..c480b60 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 Bundle-Description: %systemBundle
 Bundle-Copyright: %copyright
 Bundle-Vendor: %eclipse.org
-Bundle-Version: 3.12.50.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 3.12.100.qualifier
 Bundle-Localization: systembundle
 Bundle-DocUrl: http://www.eclipse.org
 Eclipse-ExtensibleAPI: true
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/storage/bundlefile/MRUBundleFileList.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/storage/bundlefile/MRUBundleFileList.java
index e105c0d..71ce0c3 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/storage/bundlefile/MRUBundleFileList.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/storage/bundlefile/MRUBundleFileList.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2017 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2018 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 	final private long[] useStampList;
 	// the limit of open files to allow before least used bundle file is closed
 	final private int fileLimit; // value < MIN will disable MRU
+	final private int delayLimit;
 	private EventManager bundleFileCloserManager = null;
 	final private Map<Object, Object> bundleFileCloser;
 	// the current number of open bundle files
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@
 	public MRUBundleFileList(int fileLimit) {
 		// only enable the MRU if the initFileLimit is > MIN
 		this.fileLimit = fileLimit;
+		// If the filelimit is > 5000 then use it as the delayLimit also;
+		// Otherwise use the max between fileLimit * 2 and 500
+		this.delayLimit = Math.max(fileLimit > 5000 ? fileLimit : fileLimit * 2, 500);
 		if (fileLimit >= MIN) {
 			this.bundleFileList = new BundleFile[fileLimit];
 			this.useStampList = new long[fileLimit];
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@
 		if (toRemove == null)
 			return;
 		int pendingNum = pending.incrementAndGet();
-		if (pendingNum > fileLimit) {
+		if (pendingNum > delayLimit) {
 			// delay to allow the closer to catchup
 			try {
 				Thread.sleep(Math.min(500, pendingNum));
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/pom.xml b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/pom.xml
index 723f0ac..81dd20d 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.osgi</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.osgi</artifactId>
-  <version>3.12.50-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.12.100-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <build>