diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/FloatingDecimal.java b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/FloatingDecimal.java
index f0316ff56315b4c917817c0bfedd961e9d9754f9..279dd6180fe1392ede11a3f147c31ae925374cb9 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/FloatingDecimal.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/FloatingDecimal.java
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ public class FloatingDecimal{
                  * Thus we will need more than one digit if we're using
                  * E-form
                  */
-                if ( decExp <= -3 || decExp >= 8 ){
+                if ( decExp < -3 || decExp >= 8 ){
                     high = low = false;
                 }
                 while( ! low && ! high ){
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ public class FloatingDecimal{
                  * Thus we will need more than one digit if we're using
                  * E-form
                  */
-                if ( decExp <= -3 || decExp >= 8 ){
+                if ( decExp < -3 || decExp >= 8 ){
                     high = low = false;
                 }
                 while( ! low && ! high ){
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ public class FloatingDecimal{
              * Thus we will need more than one digit if we're using
              * E-form
              */
-            if ( decExp <= -3 || decExp >= 8 ){
+            if ( decExp < -3 || decExp >= 8 ){
                 high = low = false;
             }
             while( ! low && ! high ){
diff --git a/test/java/lang/Double/ToString.java b/test/java/lang/Double/ToString.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f553d4ebb6c550c1ef6354bb6f67d493c1b0b740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/lang/Double/ToString.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 4428022
+ * @summary Tests for Double.toString
+ * @author Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+public class ToString {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+      if (!Double.toString(0.001).equals("0.001"))
+          throw new RuntimeException("Double.toString(0.001) is not \"0.001\"");
+      if (!Double.toString(0.002).equals("0.002"))
+          throw new RuntimeException("Double.toString(0.001) is not \"0.002\"");
+    }
+}