diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/PriorityBlockingQueue.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/PriorityBlockingQueue.java
index db888250c10471047e20a09799a0eb9918f283a9..d124a3ea9e5934508a11135e724244481feb0e83 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/PriorityBlockingQueue.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/PriorityBlockingQueue.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 import java.util.Spliterator;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import sun.misc.SharedSecrets;
 
 /**
  * An unbounded {@linkplain BlockingQueue blocking queue} that uses
@@ -940,7 +941,9 @@ public class PriorityBlockingQueue<E> extends AbstractQueue<E>
         throws java.io.IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
         try {
             s.defaultReadObject();
-            this.queue = new Object[q.size()];
+            int sz = q.size();
+            SharedSecrets.getJavaOISAccess().checkArray(s, Object[].class, sz);
+            this.queue = new Object[sz];
             comparator = q.comparator();
             addAll(q);
         } finally {