diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/SharedSecrets.java b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/SharedSecrets.java
index 7ebbe46e7122e7ed9009c6c0dbf6f51d8a4dba43..c9f50728860792fe55e9acfedbc446a158af036e 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/SharedSecrets.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/SharedSecrets.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.io.Console;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
 
 /** A repository of "shared secrets", which are a mechanism for
     calling implementation-private methods in another package without
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ public class SharedSecrets {
 
     public static JavaSecurityProtectionDomainAccess
         getJavaSecurityProtectionDomainAccess() {
+            if (javaSecurityProtectionDomainAccess == null)
+                unsafe.ensureClassInitialized(ProtectionDomain.class);
             return javaSecurityProtectionDomainAccess;
     }
 }