diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSocketImpl.java b/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSocketImpl.java
index ffa8f4528e8028cd584d8c4d13f661dc926ee367..dfe612966e003ce7e5af59cd4d217c064c358073 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSocketImpl.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSocketImpl.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ final public class SSLSocketImpl extends BaseSSLSocketImpl {
     /*
      * Drives the protocol state machine.
      */
-    private int                 connectionState;
+    private volatile int        connectionState;
 
     /*
      * Flag indicating if the next record we receive MUST be a Finished
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ final public class SSLSocketImpl extends BaseSSLSocketImpl {
      */
     @Override
     public boolean isClosed() {
-        return getConnectionState() == cs_APP_CLOSED;
+        return connectionState == cs_APP_CLOSED;
     }
 
     /**