--- a/jdk/src/windows/bin/java_md.c	Tue Jan 14 14:27:03 2014 -0500
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/bin/java_md.c	Tue Jan 14 13:19:11 2014 -0800
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@
 
     // expand the arguments that require expansion, the java method will strip
     // out the indicator character.
-    inArray = NewPlatformStringArray(env, nargv, argc);
+    NULL_CHECK0(inArray = NewPlatformStringArray(env, nargv, argc));
     outArray = (*env)->CallStaticObjectMethod(env, cls, mid, inArray);
     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
         JLI_MemFree(nargv[i]);