diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/internal/ClientNotifForwarder.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/internal/ClientNotifForwarder.java
index 7af1e5f47bc238b5b4592f83687d776e777ebdd5..0b876340e056d81cb9c0171c1fbd8262886e3c76 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/internal/ClientNotifForwarder.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/internal/ClientNotifForwarder.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
  * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
  * have any questions.
  */
-
 package com.sun.jmx.remote.internal;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
+import java.security.AccessControlContext;
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import javax.security.auth.Subject;
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ import com.sun.jmx.remote.util.EnvHelp;
 
 
 public abstract class ClientNotifForwarder {
+
+    private final AccessControlContext acc;
+
     public ClientNotifForwarder(Map env) {
         this(null, env);
     }
@@ -87,6 +90,8 @@ public abstract class ClientNotifForwarder {
             this.command = command;
             if (thread == null) {
                 thread = new Thread() {
+
+                    @Override
                     public void run() {
                         while (true) {
                             Runnable r;
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ public abstract class ClientNotifForwarder {
 
         this.defaultClassLoader = defaultClassLoader;
         this.executor = ex;
+        this.acc = AccessController.getContext();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -390,28 +396,85 @@ public abstract class ClientNotifForwarder {
         setState(TERMINATED);
     }
 
-// -------------------------------------------------
-// private classes
-// -------------------------------------------------
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------
+    // private classes
+    // -------------------------------------------------
     //
+
     private class NotifFetcher implements Runnable {
+
+        private volatile boolean alreadyLogged = false;
+
+        private void logOnce(String msg, SecurityException x) {
+            if (alreadyLogged) return;
+            // Log only once.
+            logger.config("setContextClassLoader",msg);
+            if (x != null) logger.fine("setContextClassLoader", x);
+            alreadyLogged = true;
+        }
+
+        // Set new context class loader, returns previous one.
+        private final ClassLoader setContextClassLoader(final ClassLoader loader) {
+            final AccessControlContext ctxt = ClientNotifForwarder.this.acc;
+            // if ctxt is null, log a config message and throw a
+            // SecurityException.
+            if (ctxt == null) {
+                logOnce("AccessControlContext must not be null.",null);
+                throw new SecurityException("AccessControlContext must not be null");
+            }
+            return AccessController.doPrivileged(
+                new PrivilegedAction<ClassLoader>() {
+                    public ClassLoader run() {
+                        try {
+                            // get context class loader - may throw
+                            // SecurityException - though unlikely.
+                            final ClassLoader previous =
+                                Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+
+                            // if nothing needs to be done, break here...
+                            if (loader == previous) return previous;
+
+                            // reset context class loader - may throw
+                            // SecurityException
+                            Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(loader);
+                            return previous;
+                        } catch (SecurityException x) {
+                            logOnce("Permission to set ContextClassLoader missing. " +
+                                    "Notifications will not be dispatched. " +
+                                    "Please check your Java policy configuration: " +
+                                    x, x);
+                            throw x;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }, ctxt);
+        }
+
         public void run() {
+            final ClassLoader previous;
+            if (defaultClassLoader != null) {
+                previous = setContextClassLoader(defaultClassLoader);
+            } else {
+                previous = null;
+            }
+            try {
+                doRun();
+            } finally {
+                if (defaultClassLoader != null) {
+                    setContextClassLoader(previous);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void doRun() {
             synchronized (ClientNotifForwarder.this) {
                 currentFetchThread = Thread.currentThread();
 
-                if (state == STARTING)
+                if (state == STARTING) {
                     setState(STARTED);
+                }
             }
 
-            if (defaultClassLoader != null) {
-                AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
-                        public Void run() {
-                            Thread.currentThread().
-                                setContextClassLoader(defaultClassLoader);
-                            return null;
-                        }
-                    });
-            }
 
             NotificationResult nr = null;
             if (!shouldStop() && (nr = fetchNotifs()) != null) {
@@ -444,8 +507,9 @@ public abstract class ClientNotifForwarder {
                         // check if an mbean unregistration notif
                         if (!listenerID.equals(mbeanRemovedNotifID)) {
                             final ClientListenerInfo li = infoList.get(listenerID);
-                            if (li != null)
-                                listeners.put(listenerID,li);
+                            if (li != null) {
+                                listeners.put(listenerID, li);
+                            }
                             continue;
                         }
                         final Notification notif = tn.getNotification();
@@ -786,9 +850,7 @@ public abstract class ClientNotifForwarder {
     private long clientSequenceNumber = -1;
     private final int maxNotifications;
     private final long timeout;
-
     private Integer mbeanRemovedNotifID = null;
-
     private Thread currentFetchThread;
 
     // state