diff -r 335cf1796fcd -r 23830562d3d1 jdk/test/sun/security/pkcs11/rsa/TestCACerts.java
--- a/jdk/test/sun/security/pkcs11/rsa/TestCACerts.java	Tue Aug 11 12:33:25 2015 -0700
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/security/pkcs11/rsa/TestCACerts.java	Wed Aug 12 14:38:09 2015 +0100
@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@
     }
 
     public void main(Provider p) throws Exception {
+
+        /*
+         * Use Solaris SPARC 11.2 or later to avoid an intermittent failure
+         * when running SunPKCS11-Solaris (8044554)
+         */
+        if (p.getName().equals("SunPKCS11-Solaris") &&
+            System.getProperty("os.name").equals("SunOS") &&
+            System.getProperty("os.arch").equals("sparcv9") &&
+            System.getProperty("os.version").compareTo("5.11") <= 0 &&
+            getDistro().compareTo("11.2") < 0) {
+
+            System.out.println("SunPKCS11-Solaris provider requires " +
+                "Solaris SPARC 11.2 or later, skipping");
+            return;
+        }
+
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         Providers.setAt(p, 1);
         try {