--- a/jdk/test/com/sun/tools/attach/BasicTests.java	Fri Apr 25 17:19:49 2014 +0200
+++ b/jdk/test/com/sun/tools/attach/BasicTests.java	Fri Apr 25 18:28:51 2014 +0200
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  * @bug 6173612 6273707 6277253 6335921 6348630 6342019 6381757
  * @summary Basic unit tests for the VM attach mechanism.
  * @library /lib/testlibrary
- * @run build Agent BadAgent RedefineAgent Application Shutdown RedefineDummy RunnerUtil
+ * @run build Agent BadAgent RedefineAgent Application Shutdown RedefineDummy
  * @run main BasicTests
  *
  * This test will perform a number of basic attach tests.
@@ -238,17 +238,19 @@
             // Test 6 - list method should list the target VM
             System.out.println(" - Test: VirtualMachine.list");
             List<VirtualMachineDescriptor> l = VirtualMachine.list();
-            boolean found = false;
-            for (VirtualMachineDescriptor vmd: l) {
-                if (vmd.id().equals(pid)) {
-                    found = true;
-                    break;
+            if (!l.isEmpty()) {
+                boolean found = false;
+                for (VirtualMachineDescriptor vmd: l) {
+                    if (vmd.id().equals(pid)) {
+                        found = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            if (found) {
-                System.out.println(" - " + pid + " found.");
-            } else {
-                throw new RuntimeException(pid + " not found in VM list");
+                if (found) {
+                    System.out.println(" - " + pid + " found.");
+                } else {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(pid + " not found in VM list");
+                }
             }
 
             // test 7 - basic hashCode/equals tests