diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/FileHandler.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/FileHandler.java
index fb3b67c4d923e53ad661b1b905881810a903e799..b9a5d73c34150924c22bfe0bdab8b99fa0b4f3f1 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/FileHandler.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/FileHandler.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public class FileHandler extends StreamHandler {
      * @exception  NullPointerException if pattern property is an empty String.
      */
     public FileHandler() throws IOException, SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         configure();
         openFiles();
     }
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class FileHandler extends StreamHandler {
         if (pattern.length() < 1 ) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         }
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         configure();
         this.pattern = pattern;
         this.limit = 0;
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public class FileHandler extends StreamHandler {
         if (pattern.length() < 1 ) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         }
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         configure();
         this.pattern = pattern;
         this.limit = 0;
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public class FileHandler extends StreamHandler {
         if (limit < 0 || count < 1 || pattern.length() < 1) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         }
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         configure();
         this.pattern = pattern;
         this.limit = limit;
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public class FileHandler extends StreamHandler {
         if (limit < 0 || count < 1 || pattern.length() < 1) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         }
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         configure();
         this.pattern = pattern;
         this.limit = limit;
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ public class FileHandler extends StreamHandler {
     // configured instance variables.
     private void openFiles() throws IOException {
         LogManager manager = LogManager.getLogManager();
-        manager.checkAccess();
+        manager.checkPermission();
         if (count < 1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("file count = " + count);
         }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Handler.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Handler.java
index 1317b572d929c02cf9f4713c1fa9b24e7fb784fa..fd04c2cb49691bd1f472accb3af0a484a47c5db8 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Handler.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Handler.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public abstract class Handler {
      *             the caller does not have <tt>LoggingPermission("control")</tt>.
      */
     public void setFormatter(Formatter newFormatter) throws SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         // Check for a null pointer:
         newFormatter.getClass();
         formatter = newFormatter;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public abstract class Handler {
      */
     public void setEncoding(String encoding)
                         throws SecurityException, java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         if (encoding != null) {
             try {
                 if(!java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(encoding)) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public abstract class Handler {
      *             the caller does not have <tt>LoggingPermission("control")</tt>.
      */
     public void setFilter(Filter newFilter) throws SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         filter = newFilter;
     }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public abstract class Handler {
      *             the caller does not have <tt>LoggingPermission("control")</tt>.
      */
     public void setErrorManager(ErrorManager em) {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         if (em == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
         }
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public abstract class Handler {
      *             the caller does not have <tt>LoggingPermission("control")</tt>.
      */
     public ErrorManager getErrorManager() {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         return errorManager;
     }
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public abstract class Handler {
         if (newLevel == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException();
         }
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         logLevel = newLevel;
     }
 
@@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ public abstract class Handler {
     // If "sealed" is true, we check that the caller has
     // appropriate security privileges to update Handler
     // state and if not throw a SecurityException.
-    void checkAccess() throws SecurityException {
+    void checkPermission() throws SecurityException {
         if (sealed) {
-            manager.checkAccess();
+            manager.checkPermission();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java
index 24f61b46f74b404e19ba3fb5aa7d7abf115036bc..bfdf83f93dab97a00732ff4890e6047b3fe4abd1 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public class LogManager {
      */
     public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) throws SecurityException {
         PropertyChangeListener listener = Objects.requireNonNull(l);
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         synchronized (listenerMap) {
             // increment the registration count if already registered
             Integer value = listenerMap.get(listener);
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ public class LogManager {
      *             the caller does not have LoggingPermission("control").
      */
     public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) throws SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         if (l != null) {
             PropertyChangeListener listener = l;
             synchronized (listenerMap) {
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ public class LogManager {
      * @exception  IOException if there are IO problems reading the configuration.
      */
     public void readConfiguration() throws IOException, SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
 
         // if a configuration class is specified, load it and use it.
         String cname = System.getProperty("java.util.logging.config.class");
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ public class LogManager {
      */
 
     public void reset() throws SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         synchronized (this) {
             props = new Properties();
             // Since we are doing a reset we no longer want to initialize
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ public class LogManager {
      * @exception  IOException if there are problems reading from the stream.
      */
     public void readConfiguration(InputStream ins) throws IOException, SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         reset();
 
         // Load the properties
@@ -1113,8 +1113,13 @@ public class LogManager {
         loadLoggerHandlers(rootLogger, null, "handlers");
     }
 
+    private final Permission controlPermission = new LoggingPermission("control", null);
 
-    private Permission ourPermission = new LoggingPermission("control", null);
+    void checkPermission() {
+        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
+        if (sm != null)
+            sm.checkPermission(controlPermission);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Check that the current context is trusted to modify the logging
@@ -1127,11 +1132,7 @@ public class LogManager {
      *             the caller does not have LoggingPermission("control").
      */
     public void checkAccess() throws SecurityException {
-        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
-        if (sm == null) {
-            return;
-        }
-        sm.checkPermission(ourPermission);
+        checkPermission();
     }
 
     // Nested class to represent a node in our tree of named loggers.
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java
index aebf63ed5e8c34b0e296cb2e2a62988353d6a14d..f1d6f729b91587106003fae01851d414e6eba549 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java
@@ -276,13 +276,13 @@ public class Logger {
         this.manager = manager;
     }
 
-    private void checkAccess() throws SecurityException {
+    private void checkPermission() throws SecurityException {
         if (!anonymous) {
             if (manager == null) {
                 // Complete initialization of the global Logger.
                 manager = LogManager.getLogManager();
             }
-            manager.checkAccess();
+            manager.checkPermission();
         }
     }
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ public class Logger {
      *             the caller does not have LoggingPermission("control").
      */
     public void setFilter(Filter newFilter) throws SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         filter = newFilter;
     }
 
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ public class Logger {
      *             the caller does not have LoggingPermission("control").
      */
     public void setLevel(Level newLevel) throws SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         synchronized (treeLock) {
             levelObject = newLevel;
             updateEffectiveLevel();
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ public class Logger {
     public void addHandler(Handler handler) throws SecurityException {
         // Check for null handler
         handler.getClass();
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         handlers.add(handler);
     }
 
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ public class Logger {
      *             the caller does not have LoggingPermission("control").
      */
     public void removeHandler(Handler handler) throws SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         if (handler == null) {
             return;
         }
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ public class Logger {
      *             the caller does not have LoggingPermission("control").
      */
     public void setUseParentHandlers(boolean useParentHandlers) {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         this.useParentHandlers = useParentHandlers;
     }
 
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ public class Logger {
         if (parent == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException();
         }
-        manager.checkAccess();
+        manager.checkPermission();
         doSetParent(parent);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/MemoryHandler.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/MemoryHandler.java
index 2c297301d924dcc0460fd353d5ef066794ae5538..06c0930ed5c22c97bcc175e07d71603f368283ff 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/MemoryHandler.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/MemoryHandler.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public class MemoryHandler extends Handler {
             throw new NullPointerException();
         }
         LogManager manager = LogManager.getLogManager();
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         pushLevel = newLevel;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/StreamHandler.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/StreamHandler.java
index 9ed9e57b7686ae71cf2b2f5350613f65bd65e732..f6407ec2bfd176c6d19fca9c7567d942a5e2a01a 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/StreamHandler.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/StreamHandler.java
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public class StreamHandler extends Handler {
     }
 
     private synchronized void flushAndClose() throws SecurityException {
-        checkAccess();
+        checkPermission();
         if (writer != null) {
             try {
                 if (!doneHeader) {