diff --git a/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.java b/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.java
index 811e78ff3abe8ed3219155bf60dd45962c281fcb..59fd4f12a4fc6acbbaddedeb4f0e25ba537cb092 100644
--- a/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.java
+++ b/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.java
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ public class LocaleProviders {
 
     static void adapterTest(String expected, String lang, String ctry) {
         Locale testLocale = new Locale(lang, ctry);
+        LocaleProviderAdapter ldaExpected =
+            LocaleProviderAdapter.forType(LocaleProviderAdapter.Type.valueOf(expected));
+        if (!ldaExpected.getDateFormatProvider().isSupportedLocale(testLocale)) {
+            System.out.println("test locale: "+testLocale+" is not supported by the expected provider: "+ldaExpected+". Ignoring the test.");
+            return;
+        }
         String preference = System.getProperty("java.locale.providers", "");
         LocaleProviderAdapter lda = LocaleProviderAdapter.getAdapter(DateFormatProvider.class, testLocale);
         LocaleProviderAdapter.Type type = lda.getAdapterType();
diff --git a/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.sh b/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.sh
index bf8b7af2b328269744226c22257e8f826d985c1d..db6e4a92d62fbd851ca1eebd5d2bbac45c9882e6 100644
--- a/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.sh
+++ b/test/java/util/Locale/LocaleProviders.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #
 # @test
 # @bug 6336885 7196799 7197573 7198834 8000245 8000615 8001440 8010666
-#      8013086 8013233 8013903 8015960
+#      8013086 8013233 8013903 8015960 8028771
 # @summary tests for "java.locale.providers" system property
 # @compile -XDignore.symbol.file LocaleProviders.java
 # @run shell/timeout=600 LocaleProviders.sh