diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Finalizer.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Finalizer.java
index f37b3e79b9caf430257fa5bc539bf4e65ed23f05..6ae2262c5aa2914d9c70358c4ef808195c4162db 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Finalizer.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Finalizer.java
@@ -122,18 +122,18 @@ final class Finalizer extends FinalReference<Object> { /* Package-private; must
         AccessController.doPrivileged(
             new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
                 public Void run() {
-                ThreadGroup tg = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
-                for (ThreadGroup tgn = tg;
-                     tgn != null;
-                     tg = tgn, tgn = tg.getParent());
-                Thread sft = new Thread(tg, proc, "Secondary finalizer");
-                sft.start();
-                try {
-                    sft.join();
-                } catch (InterruptedException x) {
-                    /* Ignore */
-                }
-                return null;
+                    ThreadGroup tg = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
+                    for (ThreadGroup tgn = tg;
+                         tgn != null;
+                         tg = tgn, tgn = tg.getParent());
+                    Thread sft = new Thread(tg, proc, "Secondary finalizer");
+                    sft.start();
+                    try {
+                        sft.join();
+                    } catch (InterruptedException x) {
+                        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                    }
+                    return null;
                 }});
     }
 
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ final class Finalizer extends FinalReference<Object> { /* Package-private; must
         forkSecondaryFinalizer(new Runnable() {
             private volatile boolean running;
             public void run() {
+                // in case of recursive call to run()
                 if (running)
                     return;
                 final JavaLangAccess jla = SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess();
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ final class Finalizer extends FinalReference<Object> { /* Package-private; must
         forkSecondaryFinalizer(new Runnable() {
             private volatile boolean running;
             public void run() {
+                // in case of recursive call to run()
                 if (running)
                     return;
                 final JavaLangAccess jla = SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess();
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ final class Finalizer extends FinalReference<Object> { /* Package-private; must
             super(g, "Finalizer");
         }
         public void run() {
+            // in case of recursive call to run()
             if (running)
                 return;
 
diff --git a/test/java/lang/System/finalization/FinInterrupt.java b/test/java/lang/System/finalization/FinInterrupt.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4376768e595b38d462f30248baaf8faf8ee257cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/lang/System/finalization/FinInterrupt.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 4354680
+ * @summary runFinalization() should not clear or ignore interrupt bit
+ * @run main FinInterrupt
+ */
+
+public class FinInterrupt {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        System.runFinalization();
+        if (Thread.interrupted()) {
+            System.out.println("Passed: interrupt bit was still set.");
+        } else {
+            throw new AssertionError("interrupt bit was cleared");
+        }
+    }
+}