diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/jar/JarInputStream.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/jar/JarInputStream.java
index a22c9372bc8f15537c3508d532b2d8b7ef7bc546..15818c932a6841653c722db34696959c43dd323f 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/jar/JarInputStream.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/jar/JarInputStream.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ package java.util.jar;
 import java.util.zip.*;
 import java.io.*;
 import sun.security.util.ManifestEntryVerifier;
+import sun.misc.JarIndex;
 
 /**
  * The <code>JarInputStream</code> class is used to read the contents of
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ class JarInputStream extends ZipInputStream {
     private JarEntry first;
     private JarVerifier jv;
     private ManifestEntryVerifier mev;
-
+    private final boolean doVerify;
+    private boolean tryManifest;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new <code>JarInputStream</code> and reads the optional
@@ -72,25 +74,33 @@ class JarInputStream extends ZipInputStream {
      */
     public JarInputStream(InputStream in, boolean verify) throws IOException {
         super(in);
-        JarEntry e = (JarEntry)super.getNextEntry();
+        this.doVerify = verify;
 
+        // This implementation assumes the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF entry
+        // should be either the first or the second entry (when preceded
+        // by the dir META-INF/). It skips the META-INF/ and then
+        // "consumes" the MANIFEST.MF to initialize the Manifest object.
+        JarEntry e = (JarEntry)super.getNextEntry();
         if (e != null && e.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("META-INF/"))
             e = (JarEntry)super.getNextEntry();
+        first = checkManifest(e);
+    }
 
+    private JarEntry checkManifest(JarEntry e)
+        throws IOException
+    {
         if (e != null && JarFile.MANIFEST_NAME.equalsIgnoreCase(e.getName())) {
             man = new Manifest();
             byte bytes[] = getBytes(new BufferedInputStream(this));
             man.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
-            //man.read(new BufferedInputStream(this));
             closeEntry();
-            if (verify) {
+            if (doVerify) {
                 jv = new JarVerifier(bytes);
                 mev = new ManifestEntryVerifier(man);
             }
-            first = getNextJarEntry();
-        } else {
-            first = e;
+            return (JarEntry)super.getNextEntry();
         }
+        return e;
     }
 
     private byte[] getBytes(InputStream is)
@@ -98,10 +108,7 @@ class JarInputStream extends ZipInputStream {
     {
         byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(2048);
-
         int n;
-
-        baos.reset();
         while ((n = is.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length)) != -1) {
             baos.write(buffer, 0, n);
         }
@@ -133,8 +140,14 @@ class JarInputStream extends ZipInputStream {
         JarEntry e;
         if (first == null) {
             e = (JarEntry)super.getNextEntry();
+            if (tryManifest) {
+                e = checkManifest(e);
+                tryManifest = false;
+            }
         } else {
             e = first;
+            if (first.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(JarIndex.INDEX_NAME))
+                tryManifest = true;
             first = null;
         }
         if (jv != null && e != null) {
diff --git a/test/java/util/jar/JarInputStream/BadSignedJar.jar b/test/java/util/jar/JarInputStream/BadSignedJar.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..651c9ff3dd08818a97f506c1389a473fed1aab8b
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/java/util/jar/JarInputStream/BadSignedJar.jar differ
diff --git a/test/java/util/jar/JarInputStream/TestIndexedJarWithBadSignature.java b/test/java/util/jar/JarInputStream/TestIndexedJarWithBadSignature.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..977c10121dad0d19aba947a19a222e4136a1122a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/util/jar/JarInputStream/TestIndexedJarWithBadSignature.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 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 6544278
+ * @summary Confirm the JarInputStream throws the SecurityException when
+ *          verifying an indexed jar file with corrupted signature
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
+import java.util.jar.JarInputStream;
+
+public class TestIndexedJarWithBadSignature {
+
+    public static void main(String...args) throws Throwable {
+        try (JarInputStream jis = new JarInputStream(
+                 new FileInputStream(System.getProperty("tst.src", ".") +
+                                     System.getProperty("file.separator") +
+                                     "BadSignedJar.jar")))
+        {
+            JarEntry je1 = jis.getNextJarEntry();
+            while(je1!=null){
+                System.out.println("Jar Entry1==>"+je1.getName());
+                je1 = jis.getNextJarEntry(); // This should throw Security Exception
+            }
+            throw new RuntimeException(
+                "Test Failed:Security Exception not being thrown");
+        } catch (IOException ie){
+            ie.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (SecurityException e) {
+            System.out.println("Test passed: Security Exception thrown as expected");
+        }
+    }
+}