--- a/jaxws/src/java.xml.bind/share/classes/javax/xml/bind/JAXBException.java	Wed Jul 05 20:18:43 2017 +0200
+++ b/jaxws/src/java.xml.bind/share/classes/javax/xml/bind/JAXBException.java	Thu Feb 12 17:12:57 2015 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
      * Exception reference
      *
      */
-    private Throwable linkedException;
+    private volatile Throwable linkedException;
 
     static final long serialVersionUID = -5621384651494307979L;
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
      *                  indicates that the linked exception does not exist or
      *                  is unknown).
      */
-    public synchronized void setLinkedException( Throwable exception ) {
+    public void setLinkedException( Throwable exception ) {
         this.linkedException = exception;
     }