--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/nio/ch/UnixDomainSocketChannelImpl.java	Thu Nov 14 09:06:10 2019 +0000
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/nio/ch/UnixDomainSocketChannelImpl.java	Thu Nov 14 10:16:28 2019 +0000
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@
                         throw new ConnectionPendingException();
                     if (localAddress != null)
                         throw new AlreadyBoundException();
-                    if (local == null)
-                        throw new NullPointerException(); // TODO: ??
                     UnixDomainSocketAddress usa = Net.checkUnixAddress(local);
                     Net.unixDomainBind(fd, usa);
                     localAddress = Net.localUnixAddress(fd);