diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java b/src/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java
index 15ecd9bee655de0799b9c55a4365fe5e60b51f8c..f7e050e1f817d56b4f7071eb3118fca89a422dc7 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java
@@ -1829,6 +1829,8 @@ public class ObjectInputStream
         throws IOException
     {
         SerialCallbackContext oldContext = curContext;
+        if (oldContext != null)
+            oldContext.check();
         curContext = null;
         try {
             boolean blocked = desc.hasBlockExternalData();
@@ -1853,6 +1855,8 @@ public class ObjectInputStream
                 skipCustomData();
             }
         } finally {
+            if (oldContext != null)
+                oldContext.check();
             curContext = oldContext;
         }
         /*
@@ -1888,7 +1892,8 @@ public class ObjectInputStream
                     handles.lookupException(passHandle) == null)
                 {
                     SerialCallbackContext oldContext = curContext;
-
+                    if (oldContext != null)
+                        oldContext.check();
                     try {
                         curContext = new SerialCallbackContext(obj, slotDesc);
 
@@ -1905,6 +1910,8 @@ public class ObjectInputStream
                         handles.markException(passHandle, ex);
                     } finally {
                         curContext.setUsed();
+                        if (oldContext!= null)
+                            oldContext.check();
                         curContext = oldContext;
                     }
 
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/io/SerialCallbackContext.java b/src/share/classes/java/io/SerialCallbackContext.java
index 748d38edb36325354408dbed82b236d9309bdf59..40090875aea06102f2904267692172f685e3d392 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/io/SerialCallbackContext.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/io/SerialCallbackContext.java
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ final class SerialCallbackContext {
         return desc;
     }
 
+    public void check() throws NotActiveException {
+        if (thread != null && thread != Thread.currentThread()) {
+            throw new NotActiveException(
+                "expected thread: " + thread + ", but got: " + Thread.currentThread());
+        }
+    }
+
     private void checkAndSetUsed() throws NotActiveException {
         if (thread != Thread.currentThread()) {
              throw new NotActiveException(