diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/management/MBeanNotificationInfo.java b/src/share/classes/javax/management/MBeanNotificationInfo.java
index dfa4ab1f8ff9451cebaae51956150c0469714392..e3b4aba12526d8dd225948fcf6c493fb62728532 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/management/MBeanNotificationInfo.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/management/MBeanNotificationInfo.java
@@ -210,11 +210,6 @@ public class MBeanNotificationInfo extends MBeanFeatureInfo implements Cloneable
         ObjectInputStream.GetField gf = ois.readFields();
         String[] t = (String[])gf.get("types", null);
 
-        if (t == null) {
-            throw new InvalidObjectException("Trying to deserialize an invalid " +
-                                             "instance of " + MBeanNotificationInfo.class +
-                                             "[types=null]");
-        }
-        types = t.length == 0 ? t : t.clone();
+        types = (t != null && t.length != 0) ? t.clone() : NO_TYPES;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/management/remote/NotificationResult.java b/src/share/classes/javax/management/remote/NotificationResult.java
index 9e7cfaac31db83ffa8cf6ccc6c348cfcf3536daa..ff3978d99eb7e7e20e344f02611f656e8607c1f5 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/management/remote/NotificationResult.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/management/remote/NotificationResult.java
@@ -132,16 +132,17 @@ public class NotificationResult implements Serializable {
     }
 
     private void readObject(ObjectInputStream ois) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
-        ObjectInputStream.GetField gf = ois.readFields();
-        TargetedNotification[] tNotifs = (TargetedNotification[])gf.get("targetedNotifications", null);
-        long snStart = gf.get("earliestSequenceNumber", -1L);
-        long snNext = gf.get("nextSequenceNumber", -1L);
+        ois.defaultReadObject();
         try {
-            validate(tNotifs, snStart, snNext);
+            validate(
+                this.targetedNotifications,
+                this.earliestSequenceNumber,
+                this.nextSequenceNumber
+            );
 
-            this.targetedNotifications = tNotifs.length == 0 ? tNotifs : tNotifs.clone();
-            this.earliestSequenceNumber = snStart;
-            this.nextSequenceNumber = snNext;
+            this.targetedNotifications = this.targetedNotifications.length == 0 ?
+                                            this.targetedNotifications :
+                                            this.targetedNotifications.clone();
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
             throw new InvalidObjectException(e.getMessage());
         }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/management/remote/TargetedNotification.java b/src/share/classes/javax/management/remote/TargetedNotification.java
index 03aa0ca62359d88a3225e8304ac2f13b565432aa..cc3d0dcc664dd5f45d2e66d9cfb8d216ea3fdd20 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/management/remote/TargetedNotification.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/management/remote/TargetedNotification.java
@@ -132,13 +132,9 @@ public class TargetedNotification implements Serializable {
 //     }
 
     private void readObject(ObjectInputStream ois) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
-        ObjectInputStream.GetField gf = ois.readFields();
-        Notification notification = (Notification)gf.get("notif", null);
-        Integer listenerId = (Integer)gf.get("id", null);
+        ois.defaultReadObject();
         try {
-            validate(notification, listenerId);
-            this.notif = notification;
-            this.id = listenerId;
+            validate(this.notif, this.id);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
             throw new InvalidObjectException(e.getMessage());
         }
diff --git a/test/javax/management/remote/mandatory/loading/MissingClassTest.java b/test/javax/management/remote/mandatory/loading/MissingClassTest.java
index e70d0adfe6e62da89ffe2786833b0acbe03acc1d..98eead895bf0deb13789f02d84fe46fcf6225631 100644
--- a/test/javax/management/remote/mandatory/loading/MissingClassTest.java
+++ b/test/javax/management/remote/mandatory/loading/MissingClassTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /*
  * @test
- * @bug 4915825 4921009 4934965 4977469
+ * @bug 4915825 4921009 4934965 4977469 8019584
  * @summary Tests behavior when client or server gets object of unknown class
  * @author Eamonn McManus
  * @run clean MissingClassTest SingleClassLoader