diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java
index 7ce31265d6066f1197cc181b8a2524d781d81a38..455a21f9a4c09fd0554053389e5250087e9439d9 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java
@@ -681,9 +681,9 @@ public final class Math {
 
     private static Random randomNumberGenerator;
 
-    private static synchronized void initRNG() {
-        if (randomNumberGenerator == null)
-            randomNumberGenerator = new Random();
+    private static synchronized Random initRNG() {
+        Random rnd = randomNumberGenerator;
+        return (rnd == null) ? (randomNumberGenerator = new Random()) : rnd;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -694,9 +694,11 @@ public final class Math {
      *
      * <p>When this method is first called, it creates a single new
      * pseudorandom-number generator, exactly as if by the expression
-     * <blockquote>{@code new java.util.Random}</blockquote> This
-     * new pseudorandom-number generator is used thereafter for all
-     * calls to this method and is used nowhere else.
+     *
+     * <blockquote>{@code new java.util.Random()}</blockquote>
+     *
+     * This new pseudorandom-number generator is used thereafter for
+     * all calls to this method and is used nowhere else.
      *
      * <p>This method is properly synchronized to allow correct use by
      * more than one thread. However, if many threads need to generate
@@ -705,11 +707,12 @@ public final class Math {
      *
      * @return  a pseudorandom {@code double} greater than or equal
      * to {@code 0.0} and less than {@code 1.0}.
-     * @see     java.util.Random#nextDouble()
+     * @see Random#nextDouble()
      */
     public static double random() {
-        if (randomNumberGenerator == null) initRNG();
-        return randomNumberGenerator.nextDouble();
+        Random rnd = randomNumberGenerator;
+        if (rnd == null) rnd = initRNG();
+        return rnd.nextDouble();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/StrictMath.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/StrictMath.java
index f2f275b5ca78f4446f1c8fd50b91bf1a76df67e8..916b82ff9d043e30076d0063fe783d7d68d6f3e4 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/StrictMath.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/StrictMath.java
@@ -667,9 +667,9 @@ public final class StrictMath {
 
     private static Random randomNumberGenerator;
 
-    private static synchronized void initRNG() {
-        if (randomNumberGenerator == null)
-            randomNumberGenerator = new Random();
+    private static synchronized Random initRNG() {
+        Random rnd = randomNumberGenerator;
+        return (rnd == null) ? (randomNumberGenerator = new Random()) : rnd;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -680,9 +680,11 @@ public final class StrictMath {
      *
      * <p>When this method is first called, it creates a single new
      * pseudorandom-number generator, exactly as if by the expression
-     * <blockquote>{@code new java.util.Random}</blockquote> This
-     * new pseudorandom-number generator is used thereafter for all
-     * calls to this method and is used nowhere else.
+     *
+     * <blockquote>{@code new java.util.Random()}</blockquote>
+     *
+     * This new pseudorandom-number generator is used thereafter for
+     * all calls to this method and is used nowhere else.
      *
      * <p>This method is properly synchronized to allow correct use by
      * more than one thread. However, if many threads need to generate
@@ -691,11 +693,12 @@ public final class StrictMath {
      *
      * @return  a pseudorandom {@code double} greater than or equal
      * to {@code 0.0} and less than {@code 1.0}.
-     * @see     java.util.Random#nextDouble()
+     * @see Random#nextDouble()
      */
     public static double random() {
-        if (randomNumberGenerator == null) initRNG();
-        return randomNumberGenerator.nextDouble();
+        Random rnd = randomNumberGenerator;
+        if (rnd == null) rnd = initRNG();
+        return rnd.nextDouble();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/Collections.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/Collections.java
index 8b20182f7450af3fe17f183b6cec9d65d066c3bc..e4329dc0e43d83295acf48d6918aa927aae94af8 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/Collections.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/Collections.java
@@ -463,10 +463,10 @@ public class Collections {
      *         its list-iterator does not support the <tt>set</tt> operation.
      */
     public static void shuffle(List<?> list) {
-        if (r == null) {
-            r = new Random();
-        }
-        shuffle(list, r);
+        Random rnd = r;
+        if (rnd == null)
+            r = rnd = new Random();
+        shuffle(list, rnd);
     }
     private static Random r;