diff --git a/src/solaris/native/java/net/PlainDatagramSocketImpl.c b/src/solaris/native/java/net/PlainDatagramSocketImpl.c
index a53c28931f130f3b41ee54588693baa8363cf3ad..cd15654e1e837a141a2079c1642ea6b19be65b1d 100644
--- a/src/solaris/native/java/net/PlainDatagramSocketImpl.c
+++ b/src/solaris/native/java/net/PlainDatagramSocketImpl.c
@@ -1566,6 +1566,7 @@ jobject getMulticastInterface(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, int fd, jint opt) {
             CHECK_NULL_RETURN(ni_class, NULL);
         }
         ni = Java_java_net_NetworkInterface_getByInetAddress0(env, ni_class, addr);
+        JNU_CHECK_EXCEPTION_RETURN(env, NULL);
         if (ni) {
             return ni;
         }