diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Object.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Object.java
index d4bf7f655422539e22251afe260229e49a3dd6da..bff85ddcb43b881e32751d2e38fbed4f0c50595c 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Object.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Object.java
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ public class Object {
                                 "nanosecond timeout value out of range");
         }
 
-        if (nanos >= 500000 || (nanos != 0 && timeout == 0)) {
+        if (nanos > 0) {
             timeout++;
         }