diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/beans/Beans.java b/src/share/classes/java/beans/Beans.java
index 2183d224167d640a1b5559f145dd415107ea7cfc..a457fa41805f14470dc9eea859ed3517476b0de0 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/beans/Beans.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/beans/Beans.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
 import java.io.StreamCorruptedException;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
 import java.net.URL;
 
 import java.security.AccessController;
@@ -222,6 +224,10 @@ public class Beans {
                 throw ex;
             }
 
+            if (!Modifier.isPublic(cl.getModifiers())) {
+                throw new ClassNotFoundException("" + cl + " : no public access");
+            }
+
             /*
              * Try to instantiate the class.
              */
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/beans/DefaultPersistenceDelegate.java b/src/share/classes/java/beans/DefaultPersistenceDelegate.java
index 3c6c7c2a3d37530cbcd7708e55dea6fca5ef3d76..6891692c30bbe156c38d5743300ce3ec6dd2e943 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/beans/DefaultPersistenceDelegate.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/beans/DefaultPersistenceDelegate.java
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ public class DefaultPersistenceDelegate extends PersistenceDelegate {
     // Write out the properties of this instance.
     private void initBean(Class<?> type, Object oldInstance, Object newInstance, Encoder out) {
         for (Field field : type.getFields()) {
+            if (!ReflectUtil.isPackageAccessible(field.getDeclaringClass())) {
+                continue;
+            }
             int mod = field.getModifiers();
             if (Modifier.isFinal(mod) || Modifier.isStatic(mod) || Modifier.isTransient(mod)) {
                 continue;
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/beans/MetaData.java b/src/share/classes/java/beans/MetaData.java
index 61f51d4bb3fac030929d05c24e824fc745fba1c7..d733b6f1eaba66f2e889a8c548157482e510d92b 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/beans/MetaData.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/beans/MetaData.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 
 import java.security.AccessController;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ import javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource;
 
 import sun.swing.PrintColorUIResource;
 
-import java.util.Objects;
+import static sun.reflect.misc.ReflectUtil.isPackageAccessible;
 
 /*
  * Like the <code>Intropector</code>, the <code>MetaData</code> class
@@ -850,13 +851,15 @@ static final class java_awt_AWTKeyStroke_PersistenceDelegate extends Persistence
 
 static class StaticFieldsPersistenceDelegate extends PersistenceDelegate {
     protected void installFields(Encoder out, Class<?> cls) {
-        Field fields[] = cls.getFields();
-        for(int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
-            Field field = fields[i];
-            // Don't install primitives, their identity will not be preserved
-            // by wrapping.
-            if (Object.class.isAssignableFrom(field.getType())) {
-                out.writeExpression(new Expression(field, "get", new Object[]{null}));
+        if (Modifier.isPublic(cls.getModifiers()) && isPackageAccessible(cls)) {
+            Field fields[] = cls.getFields();
+            for(int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+                Field field = fields[i];
+                // Don't install primitives, their identity will not be preserved
+                // by wrapping.
+                if (Object.class.isAssignableFrom(field.getType())) {
+                    out.writeExpression(new Expression(field, "get", new Object[]{null}));
+                }
             }
         }
     }