diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Integer.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Integer.java
index e5de967a0699f353c3943c6195b34a53bed4b5c9..4a08f4740ecb927d0032583edb81997dcebe243a 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Integer.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Integer.java
@@ -788,10 +788,14 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
             String integerCacheHighPropValue =
                 sun.misc.VM.getSavedProperty("java.lang.Integer.IntegerCache.high");
             if (integerCacheHighPropValue != null) {
-                int i = parseInt(integerCacheHighPropValue);
-                i = Math.max(i, 127);
-                // Maximum array size is Integer.MAX_VALUE
-                h = Math.min(i, Integer.MAX_VALUE - (-low) -1);
+                try {
+                    int i = parseInt(integerCacheHighPropValue);
+                    i = Math.max(i, 127);
+                    // Maximum array size is Integer.MAX_VALUE
+                    h = Math.min(i, Integer.MAX_VALUE - (-low) -1);
+                } catch( NumberFormatException nfe) {
+                    // If the property cannot be parsed into an int, ignore it.
+                }
             }
             high = h;