diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_TextComponent.cpp b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_TextComponent.cpp
index c5750fa3c6941866ff84e0dc91492eecf262b36d..d96a194f01e65bf4bca5a870c008501d307c90b3 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_TextComponent.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_TextComponent.cpp
@@ -852,9 +852,10 @@ Java_sun_awt_windows_WTextComponentPeer_initIDs(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls)
     TRY;
 
     jclass textComponentClassID = env->FindClass("java/awt/TextComponent");
+    CHECK_NULL(textComponentClassID);
+
     AwtTextComponent::canAccessClipboardMID =
-        env->GetMethodID(textComponentClassID,
-        "canAccessClipboard", "()Z");
+        env->GetMethodID(textComponentClassID, "canAccessClipboard", "()Z");
     env->DeleteLocalRef(textComponentClassID);
 
     DASSERT(AwtTextComponent::canAccessClipboardMID != NULL);