diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
index c0d41431184ac573cf13c239e946075accf320ad..35a0758c42b9405c21af2a179535e25019f3d3f3 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
@@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ void ClassFileParser::parse_classfile_bootstrap_methods_attribute(u4 attribute_b
   ClassFileStream* cfs = stream();
   u1* current_start = cfs->current();
 
-  guarantee_property(attribute_byte_length > sizeof(u2),
+  guarantee_property(attribute_byte_length >= sizeof(u2),
                      "Invalid BootstrapMethods attribute length %u in class file %s",
                      attribute_byte_length,
                      CHECK);
@@ -2793,11 +2793,6 @@ void ClassFileParser::parse_classfile_bootstrap_methods_attribute(u4 attribute_b
                      "Short length on BootstrapMethods in class file %s",
                      CHECK);
 
-  guarantee_property(attribute_byte_length >= sizeof(u2),
-                     "Invalid BootstrapMethods attribute length %u in class file %s",
-                     attribute_byte_length,
-                     CHECK);
-
   // The attribute contains a counted array of counted tuples of shorts,
   // represending bootstrap specifiers:
   //    length*{bootstrap_method_index, argument_count*{argument_index}}