--- a/src/jdk.scripting.nashorn/share/classes/jdk/nashorn/internal/runtime/regexp/joni/ByteCodeMachine.java	Fri Jun 08 10:22:26 2018 +0200
+++ b/src/jdk.scripting.nashorn/share/classes/jdk/nashorn/internal/runtime/regexp/joni/ByteCodeMachine.java	Fri Jun 08 11:08:38 2018 +0200
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@
             sprev = s;
             s++;
         }
-        sprev = sbegin; // break;
     }
 
     private void opAnyCharMLStar() {
@@ -550,7 +549,6 @@
             sprev = s;
             s++;
         }
-        sprev = sbegin; // break;
     }
 
     private void opAnyCharStarPeekNext() {

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/nashorn/script/basic/JDK-8204288.js	Fri Jun 08 11:08:38 2018 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ * 
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * JDK-8204288: Matching the end of a string followed by an empty greedy regex and a word boundary fails
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @run
+ */
+
+
+Assert.assertEquals(new RegExp("c.*\\b").exec("abc")[0], "c");
+Assert.assertEquals(new RegExp("abc.*\\b").exec("abc")[0], "abc");
+Assert.assertEquals(new RegExp("\\b.*abc.*\\b").exec("abc")[0], "abc");
+