Merged fix from 8u11.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/openjdk/java/lang/Thread.java b/openjdk/java/lang/Thread.java
index 7ab53c76..e61147e3 100644
--- a/openjdk/java/lang/Thread.java
+++ b/openjdk/java/lang/Thread.java
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@ class Thread implements Runnable {
             throw new NullPointerException("name cannot be null");
         }
 
+        this.name = name.toCharArray();
+
         Thread parent = currentThread();
         SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
         if (g == null) {
@@ -513,7 +515,6 @@ class Thread implements Runnable {
         this.group = g;
         this.daemon = parent.isDaemon();
         this.priority = parent.getPriority();
-        this.name = name.toCharArray();
         if (isCCLOverridden(parent))
             this.contextClassLoader = parent.getContextClassLoader();
         else