--- a/corba/src/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/spi/orb/ORB.java	Wed Apr 02 20:15:59 2014 +0100
+++ b/corba/src/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/spi/orb/ORB.java	Wed Apr 02 21:45:26 2014 +0100
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@
                 Method method = clazz.getMethod("getAppletContext");
                 appletContext = method.invoke(javaAwtAccess);
             } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
-                throw new InternalError(e);
+                InternalError err = new InternalError();
+                err.initCause(e);
+                throw err;
             }
 
             if (appletContext != null) {