diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSessionImpl.java b/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSessionImpl.java
index 8c6ef2c4f5e63944bc8b23174cbeff13948d6dfa..6cb4170d34f2d012adaa4e666770ba9e5c354b28 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSessionImpl.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSessionImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2013, 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
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ final class SSLSessionImpl extends ExtendedSSLSession {
      * them are removed.
      */
     @Override
-    public void finalize() {
+    protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
         String[] names = getValueNames();
         for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
             removeValue(names[i]);