diff --git a/src/share/native/sun/awt/image/awt_parseImage.c b/src/share/native/sun/awt/image/awt_parseImage.c
index 9cb03bee4a4c13bb5feef8b642cbb77aae0ab9a0..882c799efc4a4418518e657a852db4daf593ca7e 100644
--- a/src/share/native/sun/awt/image/awt_parseImage.c
+++ b/src/share/native/sun/awt/image/awt_parseImage.c
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ int awt_parseColorModel (JNIEnv *env, jobject jcmodel, int imageType,
     cmP->csType = (*env)->GetIntField(env, cmP->jcmodel, g_CMcsTypeID);
 
     cmP->cmType = getColorModelType(env, jcmodel);
+    JNU_CHECK_EXCEPTION_RETURN(env, -1);
 
     cmP->isDefaultCM = FALSE;
     cmP->isDefaultCompatCM = FALSE;