diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/RevocationChecker.java b/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/RevocationChecker.java
index 0aad090a8b05241f9330d87836000807b27c9b2b..f34e737102a4ff755acbfde70f49946fd8223908 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/RevocationChecker.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/RevocationChecker.java
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class RevocationChecker extends PKIXRevocationChecker {
                                               : anchor.getCAPublicKey();
         }
         crlSignFlag = true;
-        if (params.certPath() != null) {
+        if (params != null && params.certPath() != null) {
             certIndex = params.certPath().getCertificates().size() - 1;
         } else {
             certIndex = -1;
diff --git a/test/java/security/cert/PKIXRevocationChecker/UnitTest.java b/test/java/security/cert/PKIXRevocationChecker/UnitTest.java
index 5c5f5bcfcf0aded74203bfc192950402e11c1936..8ddfda2429a9af56789687645834a24f3b4f6778 100644
--- a/test/java/security/cert/PKIXRevocationChecker/UnitTest.java
+++ b/test/java/security/cert/PKIXRevocationChecker/UnitTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @test
- * @bug 6854712 7171570 8010748
+ * @bug 6854712 7171570 8010748 8025287
  * @summary Basic unit test for PKIXRevocationChecker
  */
 
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public class UnitTest {
         CertPathChecker cpc = cpv.getRevocationChecker();
         PKIXRevocationChecker prc = (PKIXRevocationChecker)cpc;
 
+        prc.init(false);
+
         System.out.println("Testing that get methods return null or " +
                            "empty lists/sets/maps");
         requireNull(prc.getOcspResponder(), "getOcspResponder()");