diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/URLClassPath.java b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/URLClassPath.java
index b7d8594a94714e3b8aa83887a9864dc8004e3112..6e035105dfc002fea8d9373e10d32f4136b7d846 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/URLClassPath.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/URLClassPath.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class URLClassPath {
 
         // This property will be removed in a later release
         p = AccessController.doPrivileged(
-            new GetPropertyAction("jdk.net.URLClassPath.disableClassPathURLCheck"));
+            new GetPropertyAction("jdk.net.URLClassPath.disableClassPathURLCheck", "true"));
 
         DISABLE_CP_URL_CHECK = p != null ? p.equals("true") || p.isEmpty() : false;
         DEBUG_CP_URL_CHECK = "debug".equals(p);