diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/OCSP.java b/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/OCSP.java
index f57c832bfa5474b893e9587361e044be2d931a88..03c910b8897fca6e56da7b0088927dd81f9e4284 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/OCSP.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/OCSP.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public final class OCSP {
                 new GetIntegerAction("com.sun.security.ocsp.timeout",
                                      DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT));
         if (tmp < 0) {
-            tmp = DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT;
+            return DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT;
         }
         // Convert to milliseconds, as the system property will be
         // specified in seconds