--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/ftp/FtpURLConnection.java	Fri Aug 01 15:34:55 2014 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/ftp/FtpURLConnection.java	Fri Aug 01 15:36:23 2014 +0100
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
             throw new IOException(fe);
         }
         try {
-            ftp.login(user, password.toCharArray());
+            ftp.login(user, password == null ? null : password.toCharArray());
         } catch (sun.net.ftp.FtpProtocolException e) {
             ftp.close();
             // Backward compatibility