diff --git a/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XFramePeer.java b/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XFramePeer.java
index 8ff374b0f372f1fe55fc6f6b9e42112f954ee12f..771749fb8bbd67fcf0f146978cd975bff3888e7b 100644
--- a/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XFramePeer.java
+++ b/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XFramePeer.java
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ class XFramePeer extends XDecoratedPeer implements FramePeer {
 
     void updateChildrenSizes() {
         super.updateChildrenSizes();
+        int height = getMenuBarHeight();
+
         // XWindow.reshape calls XBaseWindow.xSetBounds, which acquires
         // the AWT lock, so we have to acquire the AWT lock here
         // before getStateLock() to avoid a deadlock with the Toolkit thread
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ class XFramePeer extends XDecoratedPeer implements FramePeer {
             synchronized(getStateLock()) {
                 int width = dimensions.getClientSize().width;
                 if (menubarPeer != null) {
-                    menubarPeer.reshape(0, 0, width, getMenuBarHeight());
+                    menubarPeer.reshape(0, 0, width, height);
                 }
             }
         } finally {
diff --git a/test/java/awt/MenuBar/DeadlockTest1/DeadlockTest1.java b/test/java/awt/MenuBar/DeadlockTest1/DeadlockTest1.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc9677b49e21f66fb9a49dc7441fc12cd3fefb0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/awt/MenuBar/DeadlockTest1/DeadlockTest1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 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 6990904
+  @summary on oel5.5, Frame doesn't show if the Frame has only a MenuBar as its component.
+  @author Andrei Dmitriev: area=awt-menubar
+  @run main/timeout=30 DeadlockTest1
+*/
+
+import java.awt.*;
+
+public class DeadlockTest1 {
+    Frame f = new Frame("Menu Frame");
+
+    DeadlockTest1() {
+        MenuBar menubar = new MenuBar();
+
+        Menu file = new Menu("File");
+        Menu edit = new Menu("Edit");
+        Menu help = new Menu("Help");
+
+        MenuItem open = new MenuItem("Open");
+        MenuItem close = new MenuItem("Close");
+        MenuItem copy = new MenuItem("Copy");
+        MenuItem paste = new MenuItem("Paste");
+
+        file.add(open);
+        file.add(close);
+
+        edit.add(copy);
+        edit.add(paste);
+        menubar.add(file);
+        menubar.add(edit);
+        menubar.add(help);
+        menubar.setHelpMenu(help);
+
+        f.setMenuBar(menubar);
+        f.setSize(400,200);
+        f.setVisible(true);
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(5000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException z) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(z);
+        }
+        f.dispose();
+     }
+
+    public static void main(String argv[]) {
+        new DeadlockTest1();
+    }
+}