diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser.java b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser.java
index eeb832982e273bcf47bd9724cc67226104b04ac6..bd0cebc737340e464a33a525b640bc39858d48e4 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ class Parser implements DTDConstants {
                         ch = readCh();
                         break;
                 }
-                char data[] = {mapNumericReference((char) n)};
+                char data[] = mapNumericReference(n);
                 return data;
             }
             addString('#');
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ class Parser implements DTDConstants {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Converts numeric character reference to Unicode character.
+     * Converts numeric character reference to char array.
      *
      * Normally the code in a reference should be always converted
      * to the Unicode character with the same code, but due to
@@ -1030,13 +1030,21 @@ class Parser implements DTDConstants {
      * to displayable characters with other codes.
      *
      * @param c the code of numeric character reference.
-     * @return the character corresponding to the reference code.
+     * @return a char array corresponding to the reference code.
      */
-    private char mapNumericReference(char c) {
-        if (c < 130 || c > 159) {
-            return c;
+    private char[] mapNumericReference(int c) {
+        char[] data;
+        if (c >= 0xffff) { // outside unicode BMP.
+            try {
+                data = Character.toChars(c);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                data = new char[0];
+            }
+        } else {
+            data = new char[1];
+            data[0] = (c < 130 || c > 159) ? (char) c : cp1252Map[c - 130];
         }
-        return cp1252Map[c - 130];
+        return data;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser/6836089/bug6836089.java b/test/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser/6836089/bug6836089.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cf41b8c88fa918fefa3ebc899d808c8595ceaf83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/javax/swing/text/html/parser/Parser/6836089/bug6836089.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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 Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6836089
+ * @summary Tests correct parsing of characters outside Base Multilingual Plane
+ * @author Vladislav Karnaukhov
+ */
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.text.html.*;
+
+public class bug6836089 {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                JTextPane htmlPane = new JTextPane();
+                htmlPane.setEditorKit(new HTMLEditorKit());
+
+                htmlPane.setText("<html><head></head><body>&#131072;</body></html>");
+                String str = htmlPane.getText();
+                if (str.contains("&#0;")) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Test failed");
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}