diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
index 2db7ba25c4a9ec09d248611ab25a9a12261d0a27..3f55f7addde86f6a0dd590a1a97816ab1d26aa44 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
@@ -1485,10 +1485,19 @@ public final class Files {
     // lazy loading of default and installed file type detectors
     private static class FileTypeDetectors{
         static final FileTypeDetector defaultFileTypeDetector =
-            sun.nio.fs.DefaultFileTypeDetector.create();
+            createDefaultFileTypeDetector();
         static final List<FileTypeDetector> installeDetectors =
             loadInstalledDetectors();
 
+        // creates the default file type detector
+        private static FileTypeDetector createDefaultFileTypeDetector() {
+            return AccessController
+                .doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<FileTypeDetector>() {
+                    @Override public FileTypeDetector run() {
+                        return sun.nio.fs.DefaultFileTypeDetector.create();
+                }});
+        }
+
         // loads all installed file type detectors
         private static List<FileTypeDetector> loadInstalledDetectors() {
             return AccessController
diff --git a/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/fs/GnomeFileTypeDetector.java b/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/fs/GnomeFileTypeDetector.java
index f92a31488f8df7857d6765085205454677d7915a..af3a47440e8ba7067dceb0139f333733a46cde48 100644
--- a/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/fs/GnomeFileTypeDetector.java
+++ b/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/fs/GnomeFileTypeDetector.java
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ public class GnomeFileTypeDetector
         NativeBuffer buffer = NativeBuffers.asNativeBuffer(path.getByteArrayForSysCalls());
         try {
             if (gioAvailable) {
+                // GIO may access file so need permission check
+                path.checkRead();
                 byte[] type = probeUsingGio(buffer.address());
                 return (type == null) ? null : new String(type);
             } else {
@@ -76,7 +78,6 @@ public class GnomeFileTypeDetector
                 String s = new String(type);
                 return s.equals(GNOME_VFS_MIME_TYPE_UNKNOWN) ? null : s;
             }
-
         } finally {
             buffer.release();
         }