diff --git a/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformWindow.java b/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformWindow.java
index 15502d1f8d767ca92973be12881c5d5f737f9840..6146ca255760e1934cf517371ab4cdd5bd1c9ff0 100644
--- a/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformWindow.java
+++ b/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformWindow.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class CPlatformWindow extends CFRetainedResource implements PlatformWindo
     private static native void nativeDispose(long nsWindowPtr);
     private static native CPlatformWindow nativeGetTopmostPlatformWindowUnderMouse();
 
-    private static native int nativeGetNSWindowDisplayID_AppKitThread(long nsWindowPtr);
+    private static native int nativeGetNSWindowDisplayID(long nsWindowPtr);
 
     // Loger to report issues happened during execution but that do not affect functionality
     private static final PlatformLogger logger = PlatformLogger.getLogger("sun.lwawt.macosx.CPlatformWindow");
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ public class CPlatformWindow extends CFRetainedResource implements PlatformWindo
     public GraphicsDevice getGraphicsDevice() {
         GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
         CGraphicsEnvironment cge = (CGraphicsEnvironment)ge;
-        int displayID = nativeGetNSWindowDisplayID_AppKitThread(getNSWindowPtr());
+        int displayID = nativeGetNSWindowDisplayID(getNSWindowPtr());
         GraphicsDevice gd = cge.getScreenDevice(displayID);
         if (gd == null) {
             // this could possibly happen during device removal
diff --git a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTWindow.m b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTWindow.m
index 2e2b854f35b7930ae7dc871baf51c4346a7ca453..f2958e388943e852ab6d04a2e0027a969041d349 100644
--- a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTWindow.m
+++ b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTWindow.m
@@ -324,6 +324,13 @@ AWT_ASSERT_APPKIT_THREAD;
     }
 }
 
++ (NSNumber *) getNSWindowDisplayID_AppKitThread:(NSWindow *)window {
+    AWT_ASSERT_APPKIT_THREAD;
+    NSScreen *screen = [window screen];
+    NSDictionary *deviceDescription = [screen deviceDescription];
+    return [deviceDescription objectForKey:@"NSScreenNumber"];
+}
+
 - (void) dealloc {
 AWT_ASSERT_APPKIT_THREAD;
 
@@ -1113,19 +1120,22 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_sun_lwawt_macosx_CPlatformWindow_nativeSynthesizeMou
  * Signature: (J)I
  */
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
-Java_sun_lwawt_macosx_CPlatformWindow_nativeGetNSWindowDisplayID_1AppKitThread
+Java_sun_lwawt_macosx_CPlatformWindow_nativeGetNSWindowDisplayID
 (JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jlong windowPtr)
 {
-    jint ret; // CGDirectDisplayID
+    __block jint ret; // CGDirectDisplayID
 
 JNF_COCOA_ENTER(env);
-AWT_ASSERT_APPKIT_THREAD;
 
     NSWindow *window = OBJC(windowPtr);
-    NSScreen *screen = [window screen];
-    NSDictionary *deviceDescription = [screen deviceDescription];
-    NSNumber *displayID = [deviceDescription objectForKey:@"NSScreenNumber"];
-    ret = (jint)[displayID intValue];
+
+    if ([NSThread isMainThread]) {
+        ret = (jint)[[AWTWindow getNSWindowDisplayID_AppKitThread: window] intValue];
+    } else {
+        [JNFRunLoop performOnMainThreadWaiting:YES withBlock:^(){
+            ret = (jint)[[AWTWindow getNSWindowDisplayID_AppKitThread: window] intValue];
+        }];
+    }
 
 JNF_COCOA_EXIT(env);