diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ThreadLocalRandom.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ThreadLocalRandom.java
index ba83c80a779d0babfcac04a022290bb5db278454..c8a67dd651022703ce4bddcf8235fbbbedec4b2f 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ThreadLocalRandom.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ThreadLocalRandom.java
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ public class ThreadLocalRandom extends Random {
     private long rnd;
 
     /**
-     * Initialization flag to permit the first and only allowed call
-     * to setSeed (inside Random constructor) to succeed.  We can't
-     * allow others since it would cause setting seed in one part of a
-     * program to unintentionally impact other usages by the thread.
+     * Initialization flag to permit calls to setSeed to succeed only
+     * while executing the Random constructor.  We can't allow others
+     * since it would cause setting seed in one part of a program to
+     * unintentionally impact other usages by the thread.
      */
     boolean initialized;
 
@@ -98,11 +98,10 @@ public class ThreadLocalRandom extends Random {
 
     /**
      * Constructor called only by localRandom.initialValue.
-     * We rely on the fact that the superclass no-arg constructor
-     * invokes setSeed exactly once to initialize.
      */
     ThreadLocalRandom() {
         super();
+        initialized = true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ public class ThreadLocalRandom extends Random {
     public void setSeed(long seed) {
         if (initialized)
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-        initialized = true;
         rnd = (seed ^ multiplier) & mask;
     }