diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SQLInputImpl.java b/src/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SQLInputImpl.java
index 95a9938a007d0f0d73dd46c323fe167fed3bf5a3..27a7d20034115904f215bfc1ad9a3d5677ee2c4e 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SQLInputImpl.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SQLInputImpl.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ package javax.sql.rowset.serial;
 import java.sql.*;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
+import sun.reflect.misc.ReflectUtil;
 
 /**
  * An input stream used for custom mapping user-defined types (UDTs).
@@ -476,13 +477,9 @@ public class SQLInputImpl implements SQLInput {
                 // create new instance of the class
                 SQLData obj = null;
                 try {
-                    obj = (SQLData)c.newInstance();
-                } catch (java.lang.InstantiationException ex) {
-                    throw new SQLException("Unable to instantiate: " +
-                            ex.getMessage());
-                } catch (java.lang.IllegalAccessException ex) {
-                    throw new SQLException("Unable to instantiate: " +
-                            ex.getMessage());
+                    obj = (SQLData)ReflectUtil.newInstance(c);
+                } catch (Exception ex) {
+                    throw new SQLException("Unable to Instantiate: ", ex);
                 }
                 // get the attributes from the struct
                 Object attribs[] = s.getAttributes(map);