--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp	Fri May 31 13:02:24 2013 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/reflection.cpp	Fri May 31 20:24:58 2013 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, 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
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
     }
   }
   klass = klass->array_klass(dim, CHECK_NULL);
-  oop obj = ArrayKlass::cast(klass)->multi_allocate(len, dimensions, THREAD);
+  oop obj = ArrayKlass::cast(klass)->multi_allocate(len, dimensions, CHECK_NULL);
   assert(obj->is_array(), "just checking");
   return arrayOop(obj);
 }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/memory/MultiAllocateNullCheck.java	Fri May 31 20:24:58 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test MultiAllocateNullCheck
+ * @bug 6726963
+ * @summary multi_allocate() call does not CHECK_NULL and causes crash in fastdebug bits
+ * @run main/othervm -Xmx32m MultiAllocateNullCheck
+ */
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+
+public class MultiAllocateNullCheck {
+      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Object x = null;
+        try
+        {
+            x = Array.newInstance(String.class, new int[]
+                {Integer.MAX_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE});
+            System.out.println("Array was created");
+        } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
+            System.out.println("Out of memory occured, which is OK in this case");
+        }
+    }
+}