--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/InMemoryCookieStore.java	Wed Sep 28 14:21:11 2011 +0800
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/InMemoryCookieStore.java	Tue Oct 04 13:48:41 2011 +0100
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@
                 if (cookie.getDomain() != null) {
                     addIndex(domainIndex, cookie.getDomain(), cookie);
                 }
-                // add it to uri index, too
-                addIndex(uriIndex, getEffectiveURI(uri), cookie);
+                if (uri != null) {
+                    // add it to uri index, too
+                    addIndex(uriIndex, getEffectiveURI(uri), cookie);
+                }
             }
         } finally {
             lock.unlock();

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/net/CookieHandler/NullUriCookieTest.java	Tue Oct 04 13:48:41 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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 6953455
+ * @summary CookieStore.add() cannot handle null URI parameter
+ */
+
+import java.net.CookieManager;
+import java.net.CookieStore;
+import java.net.HttpCookie;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class NullUriCookieTest {
+    static boolean fail = false;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        checkCookieNullUri();
+    }
+
+    static void checkCookieNullUri() throws Exception {
+        //get a cookie store implementation and add a cookie to the store with null URI
+        CookieStore cookieStore = (new CookieManager()).getCookieStore();
+        HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie("MY_COOKIE", "MY_COOKIE_VALUE");
+        cookie.setDomain("foo.com");
+        cookieStore.add(null, cookie);
+
+        //Retrieve added cookie
+        URI uri = new URI("http://foo.com");
+        List<HttpCookie> addedCookieList = cookieStore.get(uri);
+
+        //Verify CookieStore behaves well
+        if (addedCookieList.size() != 1) {
+           fail = true;
+        }
+        checkFail("Abnormal size of cookie jar");
+
+        for (HttpCookie chip : addedCookieList) {
+            if (!chip.equals(cookie)) {
+                 fail = true;
+            }
+        }
+        checkFail("Cookie not retrieved from Cookie Jar");
+        boolean ret = cookieStore.remove(null,cookie);
+        if (!ret) {
+            fail = true;
+        }
+        checkFail("Abnormal removal behaviour from Cookie Jar");
+    }
+
+    static void checkFail(String exp) {
+        if (fail) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(exp);
+        }
+    }
+}
+