--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/krb5/Credentials.java	Tue Apr 10 10:17:36 2012 +0800
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/krb5/Credentials.java	Tue Apr 10 12:15:03 2012 +0800
@@ -330,12 +330,17 @@
         CredentialsCache ccache =
             CredentialsCache.getInstance(princ, ticketCache);
 
-        if (ccache == null)
+        if (ccache == null) {
             return null;
+        }
 
         sun.security.krb5.internal.ccache.Credentials tgtCred  =
             ccache.getDefaultCreds();
 
+        if (tgtCred == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         if (EType.isSupported(tgtCred.getEType())) {
             return tgtCred.setKrbCreds();
         } else {
@@ -375,19 +380,21 @@
             cache = CredentialsCache.getInstance();
         }
         if (cache != null) {
-            if (DEBUG) {
-                System.out.println(">>> KrbCreds found the default ticket " +
-                                   "granting ticket in credential cache.");
-            }
             sun.security.krb5.internal.ccache.Credentials temp =
                 cache.getDefaultCreds();
-            if (EType.isSupported(temp.getEType())) {
-                result = temp.setKrbCreds();
-            } else {
+            if (temp != null) {
                 if (DEBUG) {
-                    System.out.println(
-                        ">>> unsupported key type found the default TGT: " +
-                        temp.getEType());
+                    System.out.println(">>> KrbCreds found the default ticket"
+                            + " granting ticket in credential cache.");
+                }
+                if (EType.isSupported(temp.getEType())) {
+                    result = temp.setKrbCreds();
+                } else {
+                    if (DEBUG) {
+                        System.out.println(
+                            ">>> unsupported key type found the default TGT: " +
+                            temp.getEType());
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/security/krb5/ccache/EmptyCC.java	Tue Apr 10 12:15:03 2012 +0800
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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
+ * @bug 7158329
+ * @summary NPE in sun.security.krb5.Credentials.acquireDefaultCreds()
+ * @compile -XDignore.symbol.file EmptyCC.java
+ * @run main EmptyCC
+ */
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import sun.security.krb5.Credentials;
+import sun.security.krb5.PrincipalName;
+import sun.security.krb5.internal.ccache.CredentialsCache;
+
+public class EmptyCC {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        final PrincipalName pn = new PrincipalName("dummy@FOO.COM");
+        final String ccache = "tmpcc";
+
+        if (args.length == 0) {
+            // Main process, write the ccache and launch sub process
+            CredentialsCache cache = CredentialsCache.create(pn, ccache);
+            cache.save();
+
+            // java -cp $test.classes EmptyCC readcc
+            ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(
+                    new File(new File(System.getProperty("java.home"), "bin"),
+                        "java").getPath(),
+                    "-cp",
+                    System.getProperty("test.classes"),
+                    "EmptyCC",
+                    "readcc"
+                    );
+
+            pb.environment().put("KRB5CCNAME", ccache);
+            pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
+
+            Process p = pb.start();
+            try (InputStream ins = p.getInputStream()) {
+                byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
+                int n;
+                while ((n = ins.read(buf)) > 0) {
+                    System.out.write(buf, 0, n);
+                }
+            }
+            if (p.waitFor() != 0) {
+                throw new Exception("Test failed");
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Sub process, read the ccache
+            String cc = System.getenv("KRB5CCNAME");
+            if (!cc.equals(ccache)) {
+                throw new Exception("env not set correctly");
+            }
+            Credentials.acquireTGTFromCache(pn, null);
+        }
+    }
+}